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Kabbalah in print : the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism in early modernity /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gondos, Andrea (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Intellectual Climate in Prague at the Dawn of the Seventeenth Century
  • The Cultural Context: Secondary Elites and the Popularization of Kabbalah
  • Shifting Intellectual Boundaries: Transnational Kabbalistic Networks in Early Modernity
  • Overview
  • Chapter 1 Print Technology and Its Impact on Religious Consciousness
  • Printing and Its Impact on Christianity
  • Trajectories of Hebrew Printing
  • Christian Consumers of Kabbalistic Books
  • Printing Jewish Mysticism: The Zohar and Other Works
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 Cultural Agency and Printing in Early Modern Ashkenaz
  • The Rise of New Agents of Culture in Early Modern Ashkenaz
  • Rabbi Yissakhar Baer's Biography
  • The Printers-The Gersonides Dynasty of Prague
  • Chapter 3 Kabbalistic Abridgments and Their Cultural Impact
  • The Use and Impact of Christian Reference Aids
  • A Jewish Response to Printing: The Emergence of Shortcuts
  • Abridgments to Works of Kabbalah
  • Pitḥei Yah: A Digest to Cordovero's Pardes Rimonim
  • Chapter 4 Zoharic Customs in a Halakhic Framework
  • Halakhah and Kabbalah: Issues and Developments
  • Ritual Observance and the Sustenance of the Divine World: Yesh Sakhar
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 Constructing a Zoharic Lexicon
  • The Use of Lexical Aids among Humanist Scholars in Early Modern Europe
  • "Entrance" into the Words of the Zohar: Lexicographic Practice in Kabbalah
  • Offering Words of Understanding: Yissakhar Baer's Lexicon to the Zohar
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 The Plain Meaning of the Zohar: An Anthological Approach
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 The Influence of Kabbalistic Study Guides and Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index