Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
In the Bible the magicians could duplicate Aaron’s feat of turning a rod into a serpent. Bonaventure claims that the serpents are not the effect of direct divine intervention. Peter Abelard claims that this story shows we do not really know how to distinguish miracles from magic happenings. On the o...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Repository: | Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/38598 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/38598 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Bonaventure Buenaventura Peter Aberlard Pedro Abelardo Al-Ghazâlî Ghazâlî Moses Moisés Miracles Milagros Magic Magia Prophecy Profecía Certainty Certeza Materias Investigacion::Arte y Humanidades::Filosofía |
| Summary: | In the Bible the magicians could duplicate Aaron’s feat of turning a rod into a serpent. Bonaventure claims that the serpents are not the effect of direct divine intervention. Peter Abelard claims that this story shows we do not really know how to distinguish miracles from magic happenings. On the other hand, in the Qur’ân the magicians do not really manage to duplicate Moses’ feat: they only produce fake serpents. Yet, al-Ghazâlî too does not wish to put much weight on this miracle, precisely because of the general difficulty of distinguishing miracles from magic. |
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