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Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism : Pillars, Lines, Ladders /

Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. Surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural pictures of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. Investigates the sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Idel, Moshe, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On diverse forms of living ascent on high in Jewish Sources
  • On cosmic pillars in Jewish sources
  • The eschatological pillar of the souls in zoharic literature
  • Psychanodia and metamorphoses of pillars in eighteenth-century Hasidism
  • The neoplatonic path for dead souls : medieval philosophy, Kabbalah and renaissance.