Alchemical tafsīr: Qur’anic Hermeneutics in the Works of the Twelfth-Century Moroccan Alchemist Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs
Beside the codenames and esoteric symbols inherited from Graeco-Egyptian antiquity, the later Arabic alchemical tradition also adopted motifs drawn from the Qur’an: from the blessed olive tree of the famous Light Verse (Q 24.35) to the burning bush and Moses’ staff. This interweaving of scripture an...
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2023, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 285-302 |
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Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs
B Arabic alchemy; Qur’an; tafsīr; esoteric hermeneutics; sufism |
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