This is the fourth in an influential series of volumes on mysticism edited by Steven T. Katz, presenting a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each presents a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume explores how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.
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....The connection between mysticism and scripture is indeed an important one and their complex relationship is well explored in this volume. * The Journal of Religion *
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Editors Introduction 3(4) Mysticism and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture 7(61) Steven T. Katz Mystical Identity and Scriptural Justification 68(19) Shlomo Biderman The Zohar as Exegesis 87(14) Moshe Idel The Book of Zohar and Exegetical Spirituality 101(17) Michael Fishbane The Fourfold Sense of Scripture in Christian Mysticism 118(20) Ewert Cousins Classical Sufi Approaches to Scripture 138(15) Peter Awn Ibn al-`Arabis Hermeneutics of Mercy 153(16) Willian C. Chittick Sacred Scriptures and the Mysticism of Advaita Vedanta 169(15) Arvind Sharma Mystical Cognition and Canonical Authority: The Devotional Mysticism of the Bhagavata Purana 184(26) Barbara A. Holdrege Experiencing Scriptural Diversity: Words and Stories in Hindu Tradition 210(22) Daniel Gold Mysticism and Scripture in Theravada Buddhism 232(10) Ninian Smart Tao, World, and Mind: Mystical Adaptations of the Taoist Classics 242 Livia Kohn
