‘Love of God’ as Revelation in the Mysticism of Bar Hebraeus

‘Love of God’ as Revelation in the Mysticism of Bar HebraeusOne in ChristSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/P4GVLP3F/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.JenniferGriggs‘Love of God’ as Revelation in the Mysticism of Bar Hebraeushttp://syriaca.org/cbss/P4GVLP3Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/P4GVLP3Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/P4GVLP3FOne in Christ47:22013272-281In this article, I examine the mysticism of Bar Hebraeus according to the metaphysical positions taken within the academic study of mysticism, positions which reveal the different schools of thought within that field of study. I further consider how the mystic discourse of Bar Hebraeus can offer a corrective to such presuppositions. Thus, Bar Hebraeus drew on the Syrian monastic spirituality of the 'love of God', to critique the scholastic metaphysics of Aristotelian philosophy that had risen to prominence in the Avicennan tradition of Islamic philosophy; a critique which is also relevant for contemporary conceptions of the metaphysics of mysticism. Griggs, Jennifer. “‘Love of God’ as Revelation in the Mysticism of Bar Hebraeus.” One in Christ 47:2 (2013): 272–81. Jennifer Griggs, ‘Love of God’ as Revelation in the Mysticism of Bar Hebraeus, One in Christ 47:2 (2013): 272–81.BarhebraeusJacobitesVII-XVIII CEXIII CElovemysticismspirituality