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Author : Moshe Idel
Release : 2000-05-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 883/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Messianic Mystics by : Moshe Idel
Download or read book Messianic Mystics written by Moshe Idel. This book was released on 2000-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the worl'ds leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience.
Author : Frederick E. Greenspahn
Release : 2011
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 887/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah by : Frederick E. Greenspahn
Download or read book Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah written by Frederick E. Greenspahn. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes recent discoveries and insights into the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the modern day. From mystical outpourings in ancient Palestine to the Kabbalah Centre, this volume explores the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the present day.
Author : Daniel M. Horwitz
Release : 2016-04
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 885/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader by : Daniel M. Horwitz
Download or read book A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader written by Daniel M. Horwitz. This book was released on 2016-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented annotated anthology of the most important Jewish mystical works, A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader is designed to facilitate teaching these works to all levels of learners in adult education and college classroom settings. Daniel M. Horwitz’s insightful introductions and commentary accompany readings in the Talmud and Zohar and writings by Ba'al Shem Tov, Rav Kook, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and others. Horwitz’s introduction describes five major types of Jewish mysticism and includes a brief chronology of their development, with a timeline. He begins with biblical prophecy and proceeds through the early mystical movements up through current beliefs. Chapters on key subjects characterize mystical expression through the ages, such as Creation and deveikut (“cleaving to God”); the role of Torah; the erotic; inclinations toward good and evil; magic; prayer and ritual; and more. Later chapters deal with Hasidism, the great mystical revival, and twentieth-century mystics, including Abraham Isaac Kook, Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, and Abraham Joshua Heschel. A final chapter addresses today’s controversies concerning mysticism’s place within Judaism and its potential for enriching the Jewish religion.
Author : Moshe Idel
Release : 2005-02-15
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 782/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism by : Moshe Idel
Download or read book Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism written by Moshe Idel. This book was released on 2005-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. After surveying the variety of scholarly approaches to religion, the author also offers what he proposes as an eclectic approach, and a perspectivist one. The latter recommends to examine religious phenomena from a variety of perspectives. The author investigates the specific issue of the pillar in Jewish mysticism by comparing it to the archaic resort to pillars recurring in rural societies. Given the fact that the ascent of the soul and pillars constituted the concerns of two main Romanian scholars of religion, Ioan P. Culianu and Mircea Eliade, Idel resorts to their views, and in the Concluding Remarks analyzes the emergence of Eliade's vision of Judaism on the basis of neglected sources.
Author : Morris M. Faierstein
Release : 1999
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 045/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jewish Mystical Autobiographies by : Morris M. Faierstein
Download or read book Jewish Mystical Autobiographies written by Morris M. Faierstein. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are first-time English translations of the autobiographical works of two important and influential Jewish mystics. In The Book of Visions Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620), foremost disciple of R. Isaac Luria, describes his mystical experiences in great detail. In The Book of Secrets, Rabbi Yizhak Isaac Safrin of Komarno (1806-1874) recounts incidents in his life and visionary experiences.
