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Author:   Ayelet Even-Ezra
Publisher:   Fordham University Press
Imprint:   Fordham University Press
ISBN:  

9780823281923

ISBN 10:   0823281922
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   04 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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As its title suggests, this book does three things: (1) It describes the discourse about Paul’s trance and other modes of cognizing God through key questions raised by early thirteenth-century theologians; (2) It discusses the perceptions of the self implied by this discourse; (3) It suggests these questions resonate concerns of theologians regarding the nature of their academic profession. Each chapter, therefore, has accordingly three titles. Introduction / 1 1 Why was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do various modes of cognizing God differ? / 23 The experiencing self and the observing self Theology among other modes of cognizing God 2 How could Paul remember his rapture? / 59 Memory and the continuity of the self Theology between experience and words 3 Can a soul see God or itself without intermediaries? / 81 The self as distinct from its habits and actions Theology between experience and observation 4 Does true faith rely on anything external? / 111 The self as an ultimate source of authority Theology between internal and external authority 5 What happens to old modes of cognition when new ones are introduced during trance and other transitions? / 135 The self and its ability to manipulate parts of it during transitions Theology between reasoned knowledge and simple faith 6 Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue? / 158 The self in society Theology between theory and practice Summary and Epilogue / 189 Appendix / 199 Acknowledgments / 205 Notes / 207 Bibliography / 265 Index / 291

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The intellectual pitch of Ecstasy in the Classroom will be evident from its title. Even-Ezra's fascinating and deeply learned book studies the intricate means by which the rationalism of scholastic inquiry comes to terms with ecstatic, inspired knowledge. The author's point of departure: scholastic philosophy's grappling with the phenomenon of St. Paul's transport into the 'third heaven' as the basis of his theology. The author also probes the psychology and ethics of inspired knowledge, and presents the mediating experiences of trance, ecstasy, prophetic vision as means not only of insight, but of 'transformation of the self.' Even-Ezra's work extends the focal point of mystical knowledge from individuals in isolation to the classroom.--Stephen C. Jaeger, University of Illinois

The intellectual pitch of Ecstasy in the Classroom will be evident from its title. Even-Ezra's fascinating and deeply learned book studies the intricate means by which the rationalism of scholastic inquiry comes to terms with ecstatic, inspired knowledge. The author's point of departure: scholastic philosophy's grappling with the phenomenon of St. Paul's transport into the 'third heaven' as the basis of his theology. The author also probes the psychology and ethics of inspired knowledge, and presents the mediating experiences of trance, ecstasy, prophetic vision as means not only of insight, but of 'transformation of the self.' Even-Ezra's work extends the focal point of mystical knowledge from individuals in isolation to the classroom. -- C. Stephen Jaeger, University of Illinois

The intellectual pitch of Ecstasy in the Classroom will be evident from its title. Even-Ezra's fascinating and deeply learned book studies the intricate means by which the rationalism of scholastic inquiry comes to terms with ecstatic, inspired knowledge. The author's point of departure: scholastic philosophy's grappling with the phenomenon of St. Paul's transport into the 'third heaven' as the basis of his theology. The author also probes the psychology and ethics of inspired knowledge, and presents the mediating experiences of trance, ecstasy, prophetic vision as means not only of insight, but of 'transformation of the self.' Even-Ezra's work extends the focal point of mystical knowledge from individuals in isolation to the classroom.--C. Stephen Jaeger, University of Illinois

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Ayelet Even-Ezra is Assistant Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studies Europe’s medieval scholastic culture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

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