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BL
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878821
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Key, Alexander, (Alexander Matthew)
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Language between God and the poets : : ma'ná in the eleventh century /\ Alexander Key.
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| Publication Statement
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Oakland, California :: University of California Press,, [2018]
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| Series Statement
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Berkeley series in postclassical islamic scholarship ;; 2
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1 online resource.
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| ISBN
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0520298012
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: 0520970144
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: 9780520298019
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: 9780520970144
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9780520298019
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes -- Contexts -- Precedents -- Translation -- The lexicon -- Theology -- Logic -- Poetics -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"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 argues that ar-Raghib al-Isfahani, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani shared a conceptual vocabulary based around the words ma'na and haqiqah. They used this vocabulary to build theories of language, mind, and reality that answered perennial questions: how to structure language and reference, how to describe God, how to construct logical arguments, and how to explain poetic affect."--Provided by publisher.
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Arabic language-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
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Islamic philosophy-- 11th century.
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Islamic poetry-- 11th century.
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Arabic language-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
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Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500.
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HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
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Islam.
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Islamic philosophy.
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Islamic poetry.
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Literary studies: classical, early medieval.
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Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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181/.92
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B741
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