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The Texture of the Divine explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Islam and Judaism. Aaron W. Hughes looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the Hayy ibn Yaqzan cycle (dating roughly from 1000--1200 CE) to reveal the interconnections not only between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts is an initiatory tale, recounting a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. These narratives

Philosophy, Medieval. --- Ascension of the soul. --- Neoplatonism in literature. --- Image of God --- Imagination --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- Soul --- God --- God, Image of --- Image (Theology) --- Theological anthropology --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Islam. --- Image --- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, --- Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, --- Avicenna, --- اين سينا، --- إبن طفيل، محمد بن عبد الملك، --- Ascension of the soul --- Neoplatonism in literature --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Imagery, Mental --- Images, Mental --- Mental imagery --- Mental images --- Educational psychology --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Reproduction (Psychology) --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Islam --- Judaism --- Ibn Tufayl, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik, --- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir,