Aaron W. Hughes. The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought.(Book review)

The Jewish Quarterly Review | June 22, 2007| | Copyright

AARON W. HUGHES. The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. Pp. x + 273.

Over the past decade, a number of scholars have come to question the existence of a clear dichotomy between philosophy and mysticism in late antique and medieval thought. Scholars for generations have argued the allegiances of such enigmatic figures as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl for the philosophical and mystical camps, usually betraying their own modern concerns as much as they shed light on the subjects of their ...

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