TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haskell,Ellen Davina
TI  - Suckling at my mother's breasts: the image of a nursing God in Jewish mysticism 
T2  - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SN  - 9781461917984
AV  - BM526 .H388 2012eb
U1  - 296.8/33 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Zohar
KW  - nli
KW  - Cabala
KW  - History
KW  - God (Judaism)
KW  - Love
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Kabbale
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Mysticisme
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Littérature rabbinique
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Gottesvorstellung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Stillen
KW  - Motiv
KW  - Das Mütterliche
KW  - Kabbala
KW  - Rabbinische Literatur
KW  - Attributes
KW  - Femininity of God
KW  - God
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Hebrew and Aramaic transliterations -- Introduction: kabbalistic images, relationality, and a breastfeeding God -- Chapt. I. Breastfeeding and religious transmission in rabbinic literature -- Chapt. II. suckling the divine overflow in early kabbalah -- Chapt. III. God as a nursing mother in Sefer ha-Zohar -- Chapt. IV. Concluding thoughts on the nursing divine
N2  - A fascinating discussion of the kabbalistic image of a nursing god, its historical context, and its theological implications. One of Kabbalah's most distinctive images of the feminine divine is that of a motherly, breastfeeding God. Suckling at My Mother's Breasts traces this idea from its origins in ancient rabbinic literature through its flourishing in the medieval classic Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Splendor). Taking the position that kabbalistic images provide specific, detailed models for understanding the relationship between God and human beings, Ellen Davina Haskell connects divine nursing theology to Jewish ideals regarding motherhood, breastfeeding, and family life from medieval France and Spain, where Kabbalah originated. Haskell's approach allows for a new evaluation of Kabbalah's feminine divine, one centered on culture and context, rather than gender philosophy or psychoanalysis. As this work demonstrates, the image of the nursing divine is intended to cultivate a direct emotional response to God rooted in nurture, love, and reliance, rather than knowledge, sexuality, or authority
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