The poetics of grammar and the metaphysics of sound and sign /
This book examines the seemingly universal notion of a grammatical cosmos. Individual essays discuss how many of the great civilizations provide cognitive maps that emerge from a metaphysical linguistics in which sounds, syllables and other signs form the constructive elements of reality. The essays...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
6.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073.
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Call Number: P151 .P59 2007
- Preliminary Materials /
- S. La Porta and D. Shulman
- Introduction /
- S. La Porta and D. Shulman
- Creation Through Hieroglyphs: The Cosmic Grammatology Of Ancient Egypt /
- Jan Assmann
- Kun-The Existence-Bestowing Word In Islamic Mysticism: A Survey Of Texts On The Creative Power Of Language /
- Sara Sviri
- Adam's Naming Of The Animals: Naming Or Creation? /
- Michael E. Stone
- Greek Distrust Of Language /
- Margalit Finkelberg
- This Is No Lotus, It Is A Face: Poetics As Grammar In Daṇḍin's Investigation Of The Simile /
- Yigal Bronner
- The Performance Of Writing In Western Zhou China /
- Martin Kern
- Counseling Through Enigmas: Monastic Leadership And Linguistic Techniques In Sixth-Century Gaza /
- Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
- Devotional, Covenantal And Yogic: Three Episodes In The Religious Use Of Alphabet And Letter From A Millennium Of Great Vehicle Buddhism /
- Dan Martin
- Powers Of Language In Kabbalah: Comparative Reflections /
- Jonathan Garb
- The Poetics Of Grammar In The Javano-Balinese Tradition /
- Thomas M. Hunter
- How To Bring A Goddess Into Being Through Visible Sound /
- David Shulman
- Translation And Transformation: Armenian Meditations On The Metamorphic Power Of Language
- Index Of Names /
- S. La Porta and D. Shulman.