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This work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. With reference to Greek, Christian and Islamic texts, Sells offers a critical account of how apophatic language works.

Mystical Languages of Unsaying

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 02/05/1994
    ISBN13: 9780226747873, 978-0226747873
    ISBN10: 0226747875
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    Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Theology

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    Book Synopsis
    This work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. With reference to Greek, Christian and Islamic texts, Sells offers a critical account of how apophatic language works.

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