Messianic Mystics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Messianic Mystics write by Moshe Idel. This book was released on 2000-05-01. Messianic Mystics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the worl'ds leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience.
Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah write by Frederick E. Greenspahn. This book was released on 2011. Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title describes recent discoveries and insights into the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the modern day. From mystical outpourings in ancient Palestine to the Kabbalah Centre, this volume explores the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the present day.
A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader
A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader write by Daniel M. Horwitz. This book was released on 2016-04. A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unprecedented annotated anthology of the most important Jewish mystical works, A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader is designed to facilitate teaching these works to all levels of learners in adult education and college classroom settings. Daniel M. Horwitz’s insightful introductions and commentary accompany readings in the Talmud and Zohar and writings by Ba'al Shem Tov, Rav Kook, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and others. Horwitz’s introduction describes five major types of Jewish mysticism and includes a brief chronology of their development, with a timeline. He begins with biblical prophecy and proceeds through the early mystical movements up through current beliefs. Chapters on key subjects characterize mystical expression through the ages, such as Creation and deveikut (“cleaving to God”); the role of Torah; the erotic; inclinations toward good and evil; magic; prayer and ritual; and more. Later chapters deal with Hasidism, the great mystical revival, and twentieth-century mystics, including Abraham Isaac Kook, Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, and Abraham Joshua Heschel. A final chapter addresses today’s controversies concerning mysticism’s place within Judaism and its potential for enriching the Jewish religion.
Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism
Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism write by Moshe Idel. This book was released on 2005-02-15. Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. After surveying the variety of scholarly approaches to religion, the author also offers what he proposes as an eclectic approach, and a perspectivist one. The latter recommends to examine religious phenomena from a variety of perspectives. The author investigates the specific issue of the pillar in Jewish mysticism by comparing it to the archaic resort to pillars recurring in rural societies. Given the fact that the ascent of the soul and pillars constituted the concerns of two main Romanian scholars of religion, Ioan P. Culianu and Mircea Eliade, Idel resorts to their views, and in the Concluding Remarks analyzes the emergence of Eliade's vision of Judaism on the basis of neglected sources.
Jewish Mystical Autobiographies
Jewish Mystical Autobiographies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Mystical Autobiographies write by Morris M. Faierstein. This book was released on 1999. Jewish Mystical Autobiographies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here are first-time English translations of the autobiographical works of two important and influential Jewish mystics. In The Book of Visions Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620), foremost disciple of R. Isaac Luria, describes his mystical experiences in great detail. In The Book of Secrets, Rabbi Yizhak Isaac Safrin of Komarno (1806-1874) recounts incidents in his life and visionary experiences.
