A Companion to Meister Eckhart

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Drawing on the latest European Research on Meister Eckhart since 1970, the volume provides a comprehensive rereading of the Life, Works, Career, Trial of Meister Eckhart. Central Philosophical ideas and sources with an account of his preaching, teaching and the reception of his work from the 14th to the 21st century. Contents Contributors Preface Part One Introduction to Part One: A Companion to Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart’s Life, Training, Career, and Trial Eckhart’s Latin Works Eckhart as Preacher, Administrator, and Master of the Sentences. From Erfurt to Paris and Back: 1294–1313. The Origins of the Opus Tripartitum Eckhart’s German Works The Theory of the Transcendentals in Meister Eckhart From Aquinas to Eckhart on Creation, Creature, and Analogy Eckhart’s Anthropology Eckhart’s Islamic and Jewish Sources: Avicenna, Avicebron, and Averroes Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Eckhart Part Two Introduction to Part Two: Meister Eckhart as Preacher and Theologian Meister Eckhart’s Latin Biblical Exegesis Meister Eckhart’s Vernacular Preaching Meister Eckhart’s Understanding of God Meister Eckhart and Moses Maimonides: From Judaeo-Arabic Rationalism to Christian Mysticism Eckhart and the World of Women’s Spirituality in the Context of the “Free Spirit” and Marguerite Porete The Mirror of Simple Souls: The Ethics of Margaret Porette Part Three Introduction to Part Three The Reception of Meister Eckhart in 14th-Century Germany Eckhart and the Vernacular Tradition: Pseudo-Eckhart and Eckhart Legends Meister Eckhart’s Influence on Nicholas of Cusa: A Survey of the Literature On a Dangerous Trail: Henry Suso and the Condemnations of Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart and Valentin Weigel Eckhart Reception in the 19th Century Meister Eckhart in 20th-Century Philosophy Epilogue: Meister Eckhart—Between Mysticism and Philosophy Appendix Dominican Education Bibliography Index of Scripture References Index of Subjects