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Kabbalah and Jewish modernity /
"This sociological reading of the kabbalistic ideas of the early modern period suggests that they gained acceptance because they responded to the needs of contemporary Jewish society. Although they were presented as continuing a tradition, their goal was reformation: few aspects of Jewish life...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Oxford ; Portland, Oregon :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: a social historian looks at early modern Kabbalah
- 1. A new God: theological innovation
- 2. Like giants sitting on the shoulders of dwarfs: the rise of the Kadosh
- 3. Kabbalah, halakhah, and ritual
- 4. Religious confraternities
- 5. From my body I shall envision God: the body and sexuality
- 6. Sin and repentance: Jewish confession
- 7. Catholic traditions in Safed Kabbalah: Sephardim and conversos
- Summary: Safed Kabbalah and modernity.