Mysticism and Philosophy in Al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn Al-ʿarabī And the Ismāʿīlī Tradition

by Michael Ebstein

Muslim Spain gave rise to two unusual figures in the mystical tradition of Islam: Ibn Masarra (269/883-319/931) and Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165-638/1240). Representing, respectively, the beginning and the pinnacle of Islamic mysticism in al-Andalus, Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī embody in their writings a type of mystical discourse which is quite different from the Sufi discourse that evolved in the Islamic east during the 9th-12th...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004255362
• ISBN13: 9789004255364
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"