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Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah : new insights and scholarship / edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish studies in the 21st centuryPublication details: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814732885
  • 0814732887
  • 9780814733196
  • 0814733190
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.DDC classification:
  • 296.1/6 23
LOC classification:
  • BM526 .J49 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction : reading mysteries: the origins of scholarship on Jewish mysticism / Hartley Lachter -- Ancient Jewish mysticism / Michael D. Swartz -- The Zohar : masterpiece of Jewish mysticism / Eitan P. Fishbane -- Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the prophetic Kabbalah / Elliot R. Wolfson -- New approaches to the study of kabbalistic life in sixteenth-century in Safed / Lawrence Fine -- Mystical messianism : from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / Matt Goldish -- Hasidism : mystical and non-mystical approaches to interpreting Scripture / Shaul Magid -- Christian Kabbalah / Allison P. Coudert -- Kabbalah at the turn of the 21st century / Jody Myers -- Gender in Jewish mysticism / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson -- Epilogue : Kabbalah and contemporary Judaism / Pinchas Giller.
Summary: Over the past generation, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the diverse forms that Jewish mysticism has taken both in the past and today: what was once called "nonsense" by Jewish scholars has generated important research and attention both within the academy and beyond, as demonstrated by the popular fascination with figures such as Madonna and Demi Moore and the growing interest in spirituality. In Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah, leading experts introduce the history of this scholarship as well as the most recent insights and debates that currently animate the field in a way that is accessible to a broad audience. From mystical outpourings in ancient Palestine to the Kabbalah Centre, and from attitudes towards gender to mystical contributions to Jewish messianic movements, this volume explores the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the present day in an engaging style appropriate for students and non-specialists alike."--Publisher's website
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)396833

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : reading mysteries: the origins of scholarship on Jewish mysticism / Hartley Lachter -- Ancient Jewish mysticism / Michael D. Swartz -- The Zohar : masterpiece of Jewish mysticism / Eitan P. Fishbane -- Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the prophetic Kabbalah / Elliot R. Wolfson -- New approaches to the study of kabbalistic life in sixteenth-century in Safed / Lawrence Fine -- Mystical messianism : from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / Matt Goldish -- Hasidism : mystical and non-mystical approaches to interpreting Scripture / Shaul Magid -- Christian Kabbalah / Allison P. Coudert -- Kabbalah at the turn of the 21st century / Jody Myers -- Gender in Jewish mysticism / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson -- Epilogue : Kabbalah and contemporary Judaism / Pinchas Giller.

Over the past generation, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the diverse forms that Jewish mysticism has taken both in the past and today: what was once called "nonsense" by Jewish scholars has generated important research and attention both within the academy and beyond, as demonstrated by the popular fascination with figures such as Madonna and Demi Moore and the growing interest in spirituality. In Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah, leading experts introduce the history of this scholarship as well as the most recent insights and debates that currently animate the field in a way that is accessible to a broad audience. From mystical outpourings in ancient Palestine to the Kabbalah Centre, and from attitudes towards gender to mystical contributions to Jewish messianic movements, this volume explores the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the present day in an engaging style appropriate for students and non-specialists alike."--Publisher's website

Print version record.