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The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah.
Combining traditional textual analysis with more innovative anthropological approaches, Ginsburg makes an important contribution to the understanding of Jewish spirituality, myth, and ritual.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The,
2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration and Orthography; Introduction: Classical Kabbalah, Its History and Symbolic Universe; Section One: An Historical Outline of Classical Kabbalah; Origins; Gerona Kabbalah; Other Trends in Thirteenth Century Kabbalah; The Zohar; Kabbalah from the Fourteenth Century until the Safed Renaissance; Section Two: The Sefirot and Their Symbolism; Structural Overview; The Dynamics of Sefirotic Unfolding: the Sefirot as Stages of Emanation.
- The Sefirot as Stages of Mystical AscentFurther Thoughts on Sefirotic Symbolism; Section Three: Reading a Zoharic Text; Notes to the Introduction; Chapter One: The Symbolism of the Kabbalistic Sabbath: Motif Studies; Section One: An Historical Overview; The Sabbath in Antiquity; The Rabbinic Sabbath; The Sabbath of the Medieval Philosophers; The Distinctive Features of the Kabbalistic Sabbath; The Sefirotic Sabbath; Section Two: Motif Studies; Shabbat as the Source of Cosmic Blessing; Thematic Overview; The Sabbath as Sacred Center; Sabbath Transformations; Sabbath as Perfected Time.
- Divine Transformations: Sabbath as Hieros GamosRabbinic Pre-Cursors; Heikhalot Mysticism: The Evidence of Seder Rabba' di-Vre'shit; Medieval Understandings of the Marital Imagery Prior to the Kabbalah; The Impact of Sefer ha-Bahir; Marital Imagery in the Nahmanidean Tradition; Hieros Gamos in the Zahar; The Marital Motif after the Zahar; Transformation of the Person: The Sabbath-Soul; Pre-Zoharic Developments; The Sabbath-Soul in the Writings of Moshe de Leon and in the Tiqqunei ha-Zohar /Racaya' Meheimna'; Imagery Used; Reception of Neshamah Yeterah as the Existential Beginning of Shabbat.
- The Impact of the Sabbath-Soul During ShabbatA Cosmos That Is Entirely Shabbat: Some Concluding Thoughts; Notes to Chapter One; Chapter Two: Aspects of Meaning in Kabbalistic Ritual: With Special Reference to the Case of Shabbat; A Programmatic Introduction to Chapters Two Through Four; A Typology of Kabbalistic Ritual; Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ritual: Some Contrasts; Symbolism and Magic: The Ontological Structure of Kabbalistic Ritual; The Multiple Consequences of Kabbalistic Ritual; Ritual As Sacred Drama; Ritual As Agent of Human Transformation; Ritual As Theurgic Act; A Concluding Example.
- Notes to Chapter TwoChapter Three: Rituals of Preparation; Projecting the Sabbath into the Spatial Realm: The Case of One's Home and Courtyard; The Significance of Transforming One's Abode; The Establishment of Courtyard-Fusions: 'Eruvei Hazerot; Internalizing Shabbat: The Body As Microcosm; Nail-Paring; Bathing and Ablution; The Rite of Dressing: The Tola'at Ya'aqov's Account; The Significance of ""Dress"" in the Zahar and Tiqqunei ha-Zahar /Ra'aya' Meheimna'; Sabbath-Dress in the Tiqqunei ha-Zahar/Ra'aya' Meheimna'; Conclusion; Notes to Chapter Three.