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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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
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spelling Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-GhazâlîMoisés y los magos según Buenaventura, Pedro Abelardo y AlgazelDruart, T. A. (Thérèse-Anne)|||/items/915e5138-a4b3-4576-8f0a-f64a7a0890b9BonaventureBuenaventuraPeter AberlardPedro AbelardoAl-GhazâlîGhazâlîMosesMoisésMiraclesMilagrosMagicMagiaProphecyProfecíaCertaintyCertezaMaterias Investigacion::Arte y Humanidades::FilosofíaIn 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.Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de NavarraDadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20152015-06-1120152015-01-0120152015-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/38598reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/385982026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
Moisés y los magos según Buenaventura, Pedro Abelardo y Algazel
title Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
spellingShingle Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
Druart, T. A. (Thérèse-Anne)|||/items/915e5138-a4b3-4576-8f0a-f64a7a0890b9
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
title_short Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
title_full Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
title_fullStr Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
title_full_unstemmed Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
title_sort Moses and the magicians in Bonaventure, Peter Abelard, and al-Ghazâlî
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Druart, T. A. (Thérèse-Anne)|||/items/915e5138-a4b3-4576-8f0a-f64a7a0890b9
author Druart, T. A. (Thérèse-Anne)|||/items/915e5138-a4b3-4576-8f0a-f64a7a0890b9
author_facet Druart, T. A. (Thérèse-Anne)|||/items/915e5138-a4b3-4576-8f0a-f64a7a0890b9
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 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
topic 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
description 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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