TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sagerman,Robert
TI  - The serpent kills or the serpent gives life: the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia's response to Christianity 
T2  - Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy
SN  - 9789004194472
AV  - BM755.A28 S24 2011eb
U1  - 296.3/96 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel,
KW  - Abulʿafyah, Avraham ben Shemuʾel
KW  - Abulafia, Abraham.
KW  - Kabbala
KW  - gnd
KW  - Cabala
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Kabbale
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Theology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Religion
KW  - Christentum
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Polemik
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Abulafia and alterity : the other in the self -- Refutation and absorption : Abulafia's response to the Christian context -- Abulafia's demons : the psychological dimension of Abulafia's relationship to Christianity -- Abulafia and Jesus : metatron and sandalfon -- Warp and woof : circumcision, crucifixion, and divine embodiment
N2  - Abraham Abulafia (1240 - c. 1291) founded an enormously influential branch of Jewish mysticism, referred to as the prophetic or ecstatic kabbalah. This book, from several perspectives, explores the impact of Christianity upon Abulafia. His copious writings evince an intense fascination with Christian themes, yet Abulafia's frequent diatribes against Jesus and Christianity reveal him to be deeply conflicted in his relationship to his southern European religious neighbors. This book undertakes a careful study of Abulafia's writings, suggesting that the recognition of an inner dynamic of attracti
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