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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Explores Divine regulation of the world. With Rabbi Yosef Begun's marginal notes. Vowelized, facing Hebrew and English texts.

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087306769X

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The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah

By: Moshe Idel

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The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah

By: Moshe Idel

This volume addresses the complex topic of the preeminent status of the divine feminine power, to be referred also as Female, within the theosophical structures of many important Kabbalists, Sabbatean believers, and Hasidic masters. This privileged status is part of a much broader vision of the Female as stemming from a very high root within the divine world, then She was emanated and constitutes the tenth, lower divine power, and even in this lower state She is sometime conceived of governing this world and as equal to the divine Male. Finally, She is conceived of as returning to Her original place in special moments, the days of Sabbath, the Jewish Holidays or in the eschatological era. Her special dignity is sometime related to Her being the telos of creation, and as the first entity that emerged in the divine thought, which has been later on generated. In some cases, an uroboric theosophy links the Female Malkhut, directly to the first divine power, Keter. The author points to the possible impact of some of the Kabbalistic discussions on conceptualizations of the feminine in the Renaissance period.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110599805

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9783110599800

An Introduction to the Kabbalah

By: Moshe Hallamish

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An Introduction to the Kabbalah

By: Moshe Hallamish

This book acquaints the reader with the world of the Kabbalah. The first part discusses the Kabbalist as a person: the personal transmission of Kabbalistic traditions, the Kabbalist's qualities and qualifications, prerequisites and early preparations, risks and achievements, as well as techniques for uncovering mysteries and the sources of revelations. The second part deals with the major themes in the teachings of the Kabbalah, such as the doctrine of the Sefirot, the Sitra–Ahra—good and evil, the creation of the world, the status of the Torah and its commandments, the doctrine of the soul and the transmigration of souls. In treating these issues, the book also notes the assimilation of Kabbalistic notions in Jewish religious customs.

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State University of New York Press

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1438405553

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9781438405551

Messianic Mystics

By: Moshe Idel

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Messianic Mystics

By: Moshe Idel

One of the worl'ds leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience.

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Yale University Press

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0300082886

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9780300082883

Absorbing Perfections

Kabbalah and Interpretation

By: Moshe Idel

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Absorbing Perfections

Kabbalah and Interpretation

By: Moshe Idel

In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah—from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism—one of the world’s foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical center with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual center, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centered forms of mysticism. Against this background, the author demonstrates how various Jewish mystics amplified the content of the Scriptures so as to include everything: the world, or God, for example. Thus the text becomes a major realm for contemplation, and the interpretation of the text frequently becomes an encounter with the deepest realms of reality. Idel delineates the particular hermeneutics belonging to Jewish mysticism, investigates the progressive filling of the text with secrets and hidden levels of meaning, and considers in detail the various interpretive strategies needed to decodify the arcane dimensions of the text.

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Yale University Press

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0300135076

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9780300135077

Saturn's Jews

On the Witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism

By: Moshe Idel

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Saturn's Jews

On the Witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism

By: Moshe Idel

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week. Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day, and demonstrating how cultural agents were inadvertently instrumental in the mid-17th-century mass-movement Sabbateanism that led to the conviction that Sabbatai Tzevi was the Messiah. Exploring how the tragic misperception of the Jewish Sabbath by the non-Jewish world led to a linkage of Jews with sorcery in 14th and 15th-century Europe, associating their holy day with the witches' 'Sabbat' gathering, Idel brings this wide-ranging study into the present day with an analysis of 20th-century scholarship and thought influenced by Saturnism, particularly lingering themes related to melancholy in the works of Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441137319

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9781441137319

Hasidism

Between Ecstasy and Magic

By: Moshe Idel

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Hasidism

Between Ecstasy and Magic

By: Moshe Idel

Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.

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State University of New York Press

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1438407432

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9781438407432

Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

By: Moshe Y. Miller

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Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

By: Moshe Y. Miller

In Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation Moshe Miller argues that nineteenth-century German Jews of all persuasions actively sought acceptance within German society and aspired to achieve full emancipation from the many legal strictures on their status as citizens and residents. But, where non-Orthodox Jews sought a large measure of cultural assimilation, Orthodox Jews were content with more delimited acculturation. However, they were no less enthusiastic about achieving emancipation and acceptance in German society. There was one issue, though, which was seen by non-Jewish critics of emancipation as a barrier to granting civic rights to Jews: namely, the alleged tribalism of the Jewish ethic and the supposedly Orthodox notion of Jews as "the Chosen People." These charges could not go unanswered, and in the writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), a leading thinker of the Orthodox camp, they did not. Hirsch stressed the universalism of the Jewish ethic and the humanistic concern for the welfare of all mankind, which he believed was one of the core teachings of Judaism. His colleagues in the German Orthodox rabbinate largely concurred with Hirsch's assessment. This account places Hirsch's views in their historical context and provides a detailed account of his attitude toward non-Jews and the Christianity practiced by the vast majority of nineteenth-century Europeans"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817361294

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9780817361297

דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Explores Divine regulation of the world. With Rabbi Yosef Begun's marginal notes. Vowelized, facing Hebrew and English texts.

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Feldheim Publishers

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0873063449

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Kabbalah

New Perspectives

By: Moshe Idel

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Kabbalah

New Perspectives

By: Moshe Idel

In this prizewinning new interpretation of Jewish mysticism, Moshe Idel emphasizes the need for a comparative and phenomenological approach to Kabbalah and its position in the history of religion. Idel provides fresh insights into the origins of Jewish mysticism, the relation between mystical and historical experience, and the impact of Jewish mysticism on western civilization. "Idel's book is studded with major insights, and innovative approaches to the entire history of Judaism, and mastery of it will be essential for all serious students of Jewish thought."--Arthur Green, New York Times Book Review "Moshe Idel's original, scholarly, and stimulating study of Kabbalah contains the promise of a masterwork."--Elie Wiesel "Moshe Idel's book can help the nonspecialized reader to reconsider the whole of Kabbalistic tradition in comparison with many aspects of contemporary thought."--Umberto Eco "There can be no dispute about the importance and originality of Idel's work. Offering a wealth of complementary insights to Gershom Scholem and his school, it will command a great deal of attention and serious discussion."--Alexander Altmann

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Yale University Press

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0300046995

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9780300046991

Kabbalah

A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences

By: Shahar Arzy,Moshe Idel

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Kabbalah

A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences

By: Shahar Arzy,Moshe Idel

In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ecstatic mystical experiences, the authors endeavor to decode the brain mechanisms underlying these phenomena. Arzy and Idel analyze first-person descriptions to explore the Kabbalistic techniques employed by most prominent Jewish mystics to effect bodily reduplications, dissociations, and other phenomena, and compare them with recent neurological observations and modern-day laboratory experiments. The resultant study offers readers a scientific, more brain-based understanding of how ecstatic Kabbalists achieved their most precious mystical experiences. The study further demonstrates how these Kabbalists have long functioned as pioneering investigators of the human self.

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Yale University Press

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030015237X

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9780300152371

Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah

By: Moshe Idel

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Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah

By: Moshe Idel

This book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah--the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes the mystical union, the world of imagination, and concentration as a spiritual technique. The emphasis in the text is on the interaction between the "original" Spanish stage of Kabbalah and Muslim mysticism in the East, mainly in the Galilee. The influence of the Kabbalistic-Sufic synthesis on the later developments of Jewish mysticism is traced, thereby providing a more precise understanding of the history of Kabbalah as an interplay between the theosophical and ecstatic mystical experiences.

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SUNY Press

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0887066046

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9780887066047

תהלה למשה

By: Moshe Greenberg

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תהלה למשה

By: Moshe Greenberg

Forty-five scholars here combine their skills in tribute to their colleague, teacher, and friend. This collection includes 27 English and 18 Hebrew essays on literary criticism, rabbinic literature, Hebrew word studies, Septuagint, Qumran, textual criticism, and many other topics. Moshe Greenberg is perhaps best known for his commentary on Ezekiel in the Anchor Bible series.

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395

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Eisenbrauns

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1575060272

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9781575060279

Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510

A Survey

By: Moshe Idel

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Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510

A Survey

By: Moshe Idel

This survey of the history of Kabbalah in Italy represents a major contribution from one of the world's foremost Kabbalah scholars. Idel charts the ways that Kabbalistic thought and literature developed in Italy and how its unique geographical situation facilitated the arrival of both Spanish and Byzantine Kabbalah.

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Yale University Press

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0300155875

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9780300155877

Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages

By: Moshe Gil

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Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages

By: Moshe Gil

This book deals with the history of the Jews in Muslim countries, and consists of four parts; the central part is the second one which is a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iraq and Iran, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries; the first part discusses the origin of the Jews in Yathrib (al-Madina) and the references to Jews in the founding document of the Muslim umma; the third part is a history of Sicily and its Jews during the period of Muslim rule; the fourth part deals with the role played by Jews in the economic life of the Muslim countries in the early Middle Ages. The studies are based mainly on Arab writings and on documents from the Cairo Geniza. Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).

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BRILL

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9047413164

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9789047413165

מסלת ישרים

סדר וכוח וסדר פרקים

By: Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto

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מסלת ישרים

סדר וכוח וסדר פרקים

By: Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto

A bi-lingual Hebrew-English Version, fully annotated. Mesillat Yesharim Dialogue Version. Mesillat Yesharim Thematic Version. Mesillat Yesharim, the basic ethical work, is presented here in twin versions, both written by RaMHaL. Mesillat Yesharim Dialogue Version is published for the first time from an autograph manuscript, Moscow Guenzburg 1206. Mesillat Yesharim Thematic Version is based on the first edition published in Amsterdam, 1740, during the author's lifetime, and corrected from parallel passages in the newly found manuscript.

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O F E Q Inst

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1881255441

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Explores Divine regulation of the world. With Rabbi Yosef Begun's marginal notes. Vowelized, facing Hebrew and English texts.

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מסלת ישרים

סדר וכוח וסדר פרקים

By: Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto

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מסלת ישרים

סדר וכוח וסדר פרקים

By: Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto

A bi-lingual Hebrew-English Version. Mesillat Yesharim Dialogue Version. Mesillat Yesharim Thematic Version. A portable, lightly-annotated edition. Mesillat Yesharim Dialogue Version is published for the first time from an autograph manuscript, Moscow Guenzburg 1206. Mesillat Yesharim Thematic Version is based on the first edition published in Amsterdam, 1740, during the author's lifetime, and corrected from parallel passages in the newly found manuscript. Newly edited Hebrew.

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O F E Q Institute

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188125545X

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Ramchal's keen insight and understanding of the complex topic of G-d and His workings. This classic 18th century philosophical work explores Divine regulation of the world. With marginal notes.

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0873061365

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