On the Kabbalah and Its SymbolismGershom Scholem guides the reader though the central themes in the intricate history of the Kabbalah, clarifying the relations between mysticism and established religious authority, the mystics' interpretation of the Torah and their attempts to discover the hidden meaning underlying Scripture, the tension between the philosophical and the mystical concepts of God, and the symbolism employed in mystical religion. |
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Gershom Scholem. that it was identical with God's wisdom or that it was a partial ... are woven from the various names of God [ such as El , Elohim , Shaddai ] ... Sha'are ' Orah , Offenbach , 1715 , 51a . Also in his three books Sha'are ...
Gershom Scholem. that it was identical with God's wisdom or that it was a partial ... are woven from the various names of God [ such as El , Elohim , Shaddai ] ... Sha'are ' Orah , Offenbach , 1715 , 51a . Also in his three books Sha'are ...
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... ( Sha'are ' Orah ) by Joseph Gikatila . Two or three examples will show that we have indeed to do with a reappearance ... are dealing . It was through this conception of a creation out of nothing over against the conquest of chaos by the ...
... ( Sha'are ' Orah ) by Joseph Gikatila . Two or three examples will show that we have indeed to do with a reappearance ... are dealing . It was through this conception of a creation out of nothing over against the conquest of chaos by the ...
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... is that described in Nathan Hannover's often reprinted Sha'are Zion , Prague , 1662. Cf. also Jacob Zemach , Nagid u - Metsavveh ( 1712 ) , 5b ( the following quotations are from both sources ) , and Vital's Pri'Ets Hayyim , XVII . veil ...
... is that described in Nathan Hannover's often reprinted Sha'are Zion , Prague , 1662. Cf. also Jacob Zemach , Nagid u - Metsavveh ( 1712 ) , 5b ( the following quotations are from both sources ) , and Vital's Pri'Ets Hayyim , XVII . veil ...
Contents
RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND MYSTICISM | 8 |
THE MEANING OF THE TORAH IN JEWISH | 32 |
KABBALAH AND MYTH | 87 |
Copyright | |
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