Ibn Gabirol's Theology of Desire Matter and Method in Jewish Medieval Neoplatonism |
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| Author:
| Pessin, Sarah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-03221-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $106.00 |
Book Description:
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The first full-length treatment of Ibn Gabirol's philosophy in English, this study reinvents the medieval author of the Fountain of Life or Fons Vitae. Developing Ibn Gabirol's vision in terms of a 'theology of desire', it rescues the voice of the eleventh-century Jewish poet-philosopher from centuries of misreadings and sets out to examine the role of love, desire and ethical self-transformation in medieval Jewish Neoplatonism.
The first full-length treatment of Ibn Gabirol's philosophy in English, this study reinvents the medieval author of the Fountain of Life or Fons Vitae. Developing Ibn Gabirol's vision in terms of a 'theology of desire', it rescues the voice of the eleventh-century Jewish poet-philosopher from centuries of misreadings and sets out to examine the role of love, desire and ethical self-transformation in medieval Jewish Neoplatonism.