Language between God and the Poets

This book explores how language shaped truth and beauty in the Arabic eleventh century, focusing on the intellectual space between divine and poetic expression. Alexander Key examines the shared conceptual vocabulary of scholars like ar-Raghib al-Isfahani, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina, and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani. Their theories of language, mind, and reality addressed fundamental questions about structuring language, describing God, constructing logical arguments, and explaining poetic impact.