Concealment and revelation : esotericism in Jewish thought and its philosophical implications /
During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, great new trends of Jewish thought emerged whose widely varied representatives--Kabbalists, philosophers, and astrologers--each claimed that their particular understanding revealed the actual secret of the Torah. They presented their own readings in a cod...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, great new trends of Jewish thought emerged whose widely varied representatives--Kabbalists, philosophers, and astrologers--each claimed that their particular understanding revealed the actual secret of the Torah. They presented their own readings in a coded fashion that has come to be regarded by many as the very essence of esotericism. Concealment and Revelation takes us on a fascinating journey to the depths of the esoteric imagination. Carefully tracing the rise of esotericism and its function in medieval Jewish thought, Moshe Halbertal's richly. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400827961 1400827965 |