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... meaning ; every one of the innumerable strata of this hidden region corresponds to a new and profound meaning of the Torah . The Torah , in other words , does not consist merely of chapters , phrases and words ; rather is it to be ...
... meaning ; every one of the innumerable strata of this hidden region corresponds to a new and profound meaning of the Torah . The Torah , in other words , does not consist merely of chapters , phrases and words ; rather is it to be ...
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... meaning and becomes the vehicle of some- thing else . Indeed the allegory arises , as it were , from the gap which at this point opens between the form and its meaning . The two are no longer indissolubly welded together ; the meaning ...
... meaning and becomes the vehicle of some- thing else . Indeed the allegory arises , as it were , from the gap which at this point opens between the form and its meaning . The two are no longer indissolubly welded together ; the meaning ...
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... meaning . He does not , it is true , in any sense question or deny its literal meaning , but he makes the assumption that it merely hides and envelopes the inner mystical light.17 Indeed , he goes so far as to assert that if the Torah ...
... meaning . He does not , it is true , in any sense question or deny its literal meaning , but he makes the assumption that it merely hides and envelopes the inner mystical light.17 Indeed , he goes so far as to assert that if the Torah ...
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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 1 |
MERKABAH MYSTICISM | 39 |
HASIDISM IN MEDIAEVAL | 79 |
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