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Kabbalistic Revolution : Reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain / Hartley Lachter.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish Cultures of the WorldPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (260 p.) : 1 figureContent type:
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  • 9780813568751
  • 9780813568768
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  • 296.1/609460902 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Kabbalistic Writing In Late Thirteenth-Century Castile -- 1. Masters Of Secrets: Claiming Power With Concealed Knowledge -- 2. Secrets Of The Cosmos: Creating A Kabbalistic Universe -- 3. Secrets Of The Self: Kabbalistic Anthropology And Divine Mystery -- 4. Jewish Bodies And Divine Power: Theurgy And Jewish Law -- 5. Prayer Above And Below: Kabbalistic Constructions Of The Power Of Jewish Worship -- Conclusion -- Postscript—Cultural Logics: Kabbalah, Then And Now -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author
Summary: The set of Jewish mystical teachings known as Kabbalah are often imagined as timeless texts, teachings that have been passed down through the millennia. Yet, as this groundbreaking new study shows, Kabbalah flourished in a specific time and place, emerging in response to the social prejudices that Jews faced. Hartley Lachter, a scholar of religion studies, transports us to medieval Spain, a place where anti-Semitic propaganda was on the rise and Jewish political power was on the wane. Kabbalistic Revolution proposes that, given this context, Kabbalah must be understood as a radically empowering political discourse. While the era’s Christian preachers claimed that Jews were blind to the true meaning of scripture and had been abandoned by God, the Kabbalists countered with a doctrine that granted Jews a uniquely privileged relationship with God. Lachter demonstrates how Kabbalah envisioned this increasingly marginalized group at the center of the universe, their mystical practices serving to maintain the harmony of the divine world. For students of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalistic Revolution provides a new approach to the development of medieval Kabbalah. Yet the book’s central questions should appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationships between religious discourses, political struggles, and ethnic pride.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Kabbalistic Writing In Late Thirteenth-Century Castile -- 1. Masters Of Secrets: Claiming Power With Concealed Knowledge -- 2. Secrets Of The Cosmos: Creating A Kabbalistic Universe -- 3. Secrets Of The Self: Kabbalistic Anthropology And Divine Mystery -- 4. Jewish Bodies And Divine Power: Theurgy And Jewish Law -- 5. Prayer Above And Below: Kabbalistic Constructions Of The Power Of Jewish Worship -- Conclusion -- Postscript—Cultural Logics: Kabbalah, Then And Now -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author

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The set of Jewish mystical teachings known as Kabbalah are often imagined as timeless texts, teachings that have been passed down through the millennia. Yet, as this groundbreaking new study shows, Kabbalah flourished in a specific time and place, emerging in response to the social prejudices that Jews faced. Hartley Lachter, a scholar of religion studies, transports us to medieval Spain, a place where anti-Semitic propaganda was on the rise and Jewish political power was on the wane. Kabbalistic Revolution proposes that, given this context, Kabbalah must be understood as a radically empowering political discourse. While the era’s Christian preachers claimed that Jews were blind to the true meaning of scripture and had been abandoned by God, the Kabbalists countered with a doctrine that granted Jews a uniquely privileged relationship with God. Lachter demonstrates how Kabbalah envisioned this increasingly marginalized group at the center of the universe, their mystical practices serving to maintain the harmony of the divine world. For students of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalistic Revolution provides a new approach to the development of medieval Kabbalah. Yet the book’s central questions should appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationships between religious discourses, political struggles, and ethnic pride.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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