Mystical Languages of Unsaying

by Michael A. Sells

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The subject of Mystical Languages of Unsaying is an important but neglected mode of mystical discourse, apophasis. which literally means "speaking away." Sometimes translated as "negative theology," apophatic discourse embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. In this close study of apophasis in Greek, Christian, and Islamic texts, Michael...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226747875

ISBN13:9780226747873

Release Date:May 1994

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Devotionals Education & Reference Humanities Mysticism Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Spirituality

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