Ascensions on high in Jewish mysticism : pillars, lines, ladders /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Idel, Moshe, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Series:Pasts incorporated.
Subjects:
Cabala > History.
Ascension of the soul.
Columns > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Mysticism > Judaism.
Hasidism.
Kabbale > Histoire.
Âme > Ascension.
Mysticisme > Judaïsme.
Hassidisme.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Ascension of the soul
Cabala
Hasidism
Mysticism > Judaism
Kabbala
Jodendom.
Mystiek.
Hemelvaart.
Kabbala.
Cabala (Kabbalah), Hasidism, Judaism, Mysticism.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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