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Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson’s (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī’s (d. 1072) Naḥw al-qulūb. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations | xi
Preface | xiii
Introduction. Genre Trouble: Queering Grammar for Spiritual Purposes | 1
1 Arabic, Latin, and the Discipline of Grammar in the Worlds of Qushayrī and Gerson | 27
2 Genres and Genders of Gerson | 53
3 Gerson’s “Moralized” Primer of Spiritual Grammar | 81
4 From the Names of God to the Grammar of Hearts | 117
5 Forming Spiritual Fuṣaḥāʾ: Qushayrī’s Advanced Grammar of Hearts | 150
6 The Fruits of Comparison: Constructing a Theology of Grammar | 186
Appendix. Translation of Jean Gerson’s Moralized Grammar | 217
Notes | 233
Index | 269

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 04/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9780823283699, 978-0823283699
      ISBN10: 0823283690
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson’s (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī’s (d. 1072) Naḥw al-qulūb. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities.

      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations | xi
      Preface | xiii
      Introduction. Genre Trouble: Queering Grammar for Spiritual Purposes | 1
      1 Arabic, Latin, and the Discipline of Grammar in the Worlds of Qushayrī and Gerson | 27
      2 Genres and Genders of Gerson | 53
      3 Gerson’s “Moralized” Primer of Spiritual Grammar | 81
      4 From the Names of God to the Grammar of Hearts | 117
      5 Forming Spiritual Fuṣaḥāʾ: Qushayrī’s Advanced Grammar of Hearts | 150
      6 The Fruits of Comparison: Constructing a Theology of Grammar | 186
      Appendix. Translation of Jean Gerson’s Moralized Grammar | 217
      Notes | 233
      Index | 269

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