(psychein Greek,animain Latin),but these feminine nouns apply to both men and women. The fact that so manymale mystics identified with the Bride of the Song contributed much to the traditionof gender malleability in Christian mysticism. But the gender-crossing of male tofemale is not the ...
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40 In fact, Neander sought to read Philo more along the lines of speculative Christian theology and exegesis. He thereby portrays the Alexandrian as a spiritual interpreter of Jewish Scripture who went against the literalist rabbinic tradition of his day. Krochmal, who was aware of these elements...
A much more massive expansion of Islam after the 12th century was inaugurated by the Sufis (Muslim mystics), who were mainly responsible for the spread of Islam in India, Central Asia, Turkey, and sub-Saharan Africa (see below). Beside the jihad and Sufi missionary activity, another factor ...
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