The heart and the fountain : an anthology of Jewish mystical experiences /

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Author of more than fifty books and winner of the 1997 Israel Prize, Joseph Dan is one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism. In this superb anthology, Dan not only presents illuminating excerpts from the most important mystical texts, but also delves into the very meaning of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dan, Joseph, 1935-2022
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Mysticism > Judaism.
Spiritual life.
Mysticisme > Judaïsme.
Vie spirituelle.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
Spiritual life
Mysticism > Judaism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Religion, mysticism, and language
  • Jewish mysticism
  • Jewish concept of language: the Midrash
  • Historical outlines: late antiquity
  • Historical outlines: the middle ages
  • Historical outlines: the modern period
  • The Christian Kabbalah
  • The revelation of the secret of the world
  • Visions of Rabbi Akibah and Rabbi Ishmael
  • The deification of Enoch
  • Rabbi Bahya Ibn Paquda: to see without eyes, to hear without ears
  • Gabirol: God and the Universe
  • Addressing an emanated godhead
  • The voice of God over the water: the worship of the holy name
  • The Rokeah: the devotion in prayer
  • Divine will clothed in human will: the intention of prayer in early Kabbalah
  • Abraham Abulafia: an apocalyptic vision
  • The mystical immersion in names and letters: Shaarey Zedek
  • Zohar: the beginning
  • Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai and his society of mystics
  • The Zohar: the wondrous child
  • To write without pen and ink
  • Joseph Della Reina: from experience to legend
  • Walking with the Shekhinah: the palm tree of Devorah
  • The messianic dreams of Rabbi Hayyim vital
  • A prophetic vision by Nathan of Gaza
  • Nathan of Gaza facing the monsters of evil: the myth of the Doenmeh
  • Luzzatto: messianism and sanctity
  • The mystical prayer of Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov
  • Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: a vision and a dream
  • Bialik: mystical poetry and mystical language
  • The sweet voice of the Lord: four contemporary Israeli poets.

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