Language between God and the Poets : Ma‘na in the Eleventh Century / / Alexander Key.

"In the Arabic eleventh century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In Language Between God and the Poets, Alexander Key arg...

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Place / Publishing House:Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, [2018]
©[2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) :; PDF, digital file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes
  • Contexts
  • Precedents
  • Translation
  • The lexicon
  • Theology
  • Logic
  • Poetics
  • Conclusion.