{"product_id":"language-between-god-and-the-alexander-key-9780520298019","title":"Language Between God and the Poets: Ma'na in the Eleventh Century Volume 2","description":"A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the Arabic eleventh-century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In \u003ci\u003eLanguage Between God and the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexander Key argues that ar-Raghib al-Isfahani, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani shared a conceptual vocabulary based on the words\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ema'na\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ehaqiqah\u003c\/i\u003e. They used this vocabulary to build theories of language, mind, and reality that answered perennial questions: how to structure language and reference, how to describe God, how to construct logical arguments, and how to explain poetic affect. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Key\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520298012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520298019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Alexander Key","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919958016255,"sku":"9780520298019","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_013a092a-53a9-4786-acdc-bf8fc3f8cbba.jpg?v=1680812854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-between-god-and-the-alexander-key-9780520298019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}