Luis de Leon by Manuel Duran
Whatever it was you expected when you heard about the new Classics of Western Spirituality(TM) series from Paulist Press, forget it. The real thing is better. The Crux of Prayer Luis de Le n: The Names of Christ translated and introduced by Manuel Duran and William Kluback preface by J. Ferrater Mora As Christ is a source or rather is an ocean which holds in itself all that is sweet and meaningful that belongs to man, in the same way the study of his person, the revelation of the treasure, is the most meaningful and dearest of all knowledge. Luis de Le n (1527-1591) The Names of Christ is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Spain. Written in the style of a pastoral novel, the work is a meditation on the philosophical and theological significance of the names of Christ. Based on a careful examination of ten names given Christ in the Scriptures, the book reflects elements of Augustinian, Jewish, and Islamic spirituality that were part of sixteenth-century Spain. Luis de Le n was born in 1527 in Belmonte, a small village in the Castile region of Spain. An Augustinian friar, a brilliant professor, an artful poet, he was a true Renaissance man whose vision of the fullness of Christ sustained him in the face of persecution at the hands of the Inquisition and infused his writing with a sensitivity that has made The Names of Christ a treasure of Spanish literature and a classic of Catholic mysticism.
The Author: William Kluback is Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York. Besides Valery, he has published books on Cioran, Fondane, Ionesco, Senghor, and his Jerusalem teacher Samuel Hugo Bergman. William Kluback received his doctorate from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He often writes for the magazine Midstream on subjects related to art.
Previous volumes on Valery include Paul Valery: Philosophical Reflections (Lang, 1987); Paul Valery: The Search for Intelligence (Lang, 1993); Paul Valery: Illusions of Civilization (Lang, 1996); Paul Valery: The Continuous Search for Reality (Lang, 1997) and Paul Valery: The Realms of the Analecta (Lang, 1998).
Previous volumes on Valery include Paul Valery: Philosophical Reflections (Lang, 1987); Paul Valery: The Search for Intelligence (Lang, 1993); Paul Valery: Illusions of Civilization (Lang, 1996); Paul Valery: The Continuous Search for Reality (Lang, 1997) and Paul Valery: The Realms of the Analecta (Lang, 1998).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809125616 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809125617 |
| Title | Luis de Leon |
| Author | Manuel Duran |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Paulist Press International,U.S. |
| Year published | 1983-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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