AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTS AND TEACHINGS OF IBN ‘ARABI USED FOR STUDY BY THE BESHARA SCHOOL
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTS AND TEACHINGS OF IBN ‘ARABI USED FOR STUDY BY THE BESHARA SCHOOL - Ibn 'Arabi and the Contemporary West |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Isobel Jeffery-Street; University of Exeter; United Kingdom |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion; Philosophy |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Ibn 'Arabi; Sufism; religion; Western culture |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | B1-5802 Philosophy (General); BP188.45-189.65 Sufism. Mysticism. Dervishes |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter provides summaries of the principal texts and teachings of the works of Ibn ‘Arabi used for study by the Beshara School. The first part of the chapter discusses themes drawn from The Twenty-Nine Pages and the Wisdom of the Prophets, both of which illustrate Ibn ‘Arabi’s key mystical and metaphysical ideas extracted from his most important and inuential works: the Bezels of Wisdom (Fusûs al-Hikam) and the Meccan Revelations (al-Futûhât al-Makkiyyah). Also included in this section are some comments and discussions related to these principle themes extracted from William Chittick’s recent book Ibn ‘Arabi: Heir to the Prophets. Although Chittick’s works are not central to the study of Ibn ‘Arabi by the Beshara School, the extracts were chosen because they offer a concise and comprehensive rendering of Ibn ‘Arabi’s central teachings, and were added since the completion of the original doctoral thesis in 2003. The intention in doing this is to provide the general reader with additional clarication of some of the complicated themes encountered. The latter part of this chapter discusses other key texts, primarily those produced by Ibn ‘Arabi’s original followers, as well as other Su‘classics’ used for study at the school. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jan-2012 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19721 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.19721 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Ibn 'Arabi and the Contemporary West |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
global, historical to contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |