TY - BOOK AU - Hellner-Eshed,Melila AU - Wolski,Nathan TI - A river flows from Eden: the language of mystical experience in the Zohar SN - 9780804776240 AV - BM525.A59 H4513 2009eb U1 - 296.1/62 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford University Press KW - Shimʻon ben Yoḥai. KW - Zohar KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Cabala KW - Mysticism KW - Judaism KW - Kabbale KW - Mysticisme KW - Judaïsme KW - RELIGION KW - Kabbalah & Mysticism KW - bisacsh KW - idsbb KW - Mystik KW - Judentum KW - Kabbala KW - sao KW - judendom N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-445) and indexes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Structure of This Book; Methodological and Personal Reflections; The Basic Structures of the Composition and Its Performative Aspects; The Internal Coherence of the Zohar's Language; Definitions of Mysticism; Overview of Zohar Research; Part I -- the Zohar's Heroes: Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai and the Companions; 1. The Figure of Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai; 2. The Companions of Rabbi Shim'on in Their Own Eyes; 3. "Happy is this generation": The Three Generations with Which the Zoharic Circle Identifies N2 - This book inquires into the wondrous and complex world of mystical experience in the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=344009 ER -