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A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader /
An annotated anthology of Jewish mystical works, concepts, and experiences, A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader explores issues relating to what has compelled Jews to seek a more intimate relationship with God. It does this by providing readings from the most important mystical texts, accompanied...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Landmark Dates and Key Figures in Jewish Mysticism; Part 1; 1. What Is Jewish Mysticism?; 2. Mysticism in the Bible; Part 2; 3. Mysticism in the Talmud; 4. Song of Songs and Ma'aseh Merkavah; 5. The Temple; 6. Ma'aseh Bereshit, Sefer Yetzirah, and Sefer ha-Bahir; 7. Hasidei Ashkenaz; Part 3; 8. The Ein Sof; 9. The Sefirot; 10. Deveikut; 11. Tzorekh Gavoha; Part 4; 12. Prophetic-Ecstatic Kabbalah; 13. The Role of the Torah; 14. Sexuality in Jewish Mysticism; 15. Sin, Teshuvah, and the Yetzer ha-Ra.
- 16. Lurianic Kabbalah17. The Problem of Evil in Kabbalah; 18. Mystical Experiences, Ascetic Practices; Part 5; 19. Four Worlds, Four Levels of Soul; 20. Magic; 21. Messianism; 22. Prayer and Ritual in the Mystical Life; Part 6; 23. The Ba'al Shem Tov and His Teachings; 24. The Role of Prayer and the Ba'al Shem Tov's Successors; 25. The Growth of Hasidism and Its Search for Truth; 26. Chabad Hasidism; Part 7; 27. Three Twentieth-Century Mystics; 28. Concealment and Distortion of Jewish Mysticism; Suggestions for Further Reading; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About Daniel M. Horwitz.