Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson's (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ?Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri's (d. 1072) Na?w al-qulub. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities.

Literary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson's (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ¿Abd al-Kar¿m al-Qushayr¿'s (d. 1072) Näw al-qul¿b. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities.