The Resource Absorbing perfections : Kabbalah and interpretation, Moshe Idel
Absorbing perfections : Kabbalah and interpretation, Moshe Idel
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- Summary
- In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of mediaeval Judaism to modern Hasidism - this book considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. It takes as a starting point the fact that the post-biblical Jewish world lost its geographical centre with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual centre, the Holy Book. The author argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centred forms of mysticism. Against this background, he demonstrates how various Jewish mystics amplified the content of the Scriptures so as to include everything: the world, or God, for example
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages)
- Contents
-
- The world-absorbing text
- The God-absorbing text : black fire on white fire
- Text and interpretation affinities in Kabbalah
- The book that contains and maintains all
- Magical and magical-mystical arcanizations of canonical books
- Torah study and mystical experiences in Jewish mysticism
- Secrecy, binah, and derishah
- Semantics, constellation, and interpretation
- Radical forms of Jewish hermeneutics
- The symbolic mode of theosophical-theurgical Kabbalah
- Allegories, divine names, and experiences in ecstatic Kabbalah
- Tzerufei otiyyot : mutability and accommodation of the Torah in Jewish mysticism
- Tradition, transmission, and techniques
- Concluding remarks
- Appendix 1. Pardes : the fourfold method of interpretation
- Appendix 2. Abraham Abulafia's Torah of blood and ink
- Appendix 3. R. Isaac of Acre's exegetical quandary
- Appendix 4. The exile of the Torah and the imprisonment of secrets
- Appendix 5. On oral Torah and multiple interpretations in Hasidism
- Appendix 6. "Book of God"/"book of law" in late-fifteenth-century Florence
- Isbn
- 9781281734860
- Label
- Absorbing perfections : Kabbalah and interpretation
- Title
- Absorbing perfections
- Title remainder
- Kabbalah and interpretation
- Statement of responsibility
- Moshe Idel
- Subject
-
- Bible, A.T | Pentateuque -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives
- Bible, Pentateuch
- Bible, Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
- Cabala
- Cabala -- History
- Electronic books
- History
- Kabbala
- Kabbale -- Histoire
- Mystiek
- RELIGION -- Judaism | Kabbalah & Mysticism
- RELIGION -- Judaism | Sacred Writings
- Jodendom
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of mediaeval Judaism to modern Hasidism - this book considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. It takes as a starting point the fact that the post-biblical Jewish world lost its geographical centre with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual centre, the Holy Book. The author argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centred forms of mysticism. Against this background, he demonstrates how various Jewish mystics amplified the content of the Scriptures so as to include everything: the world, or God, for example
- Cataloging source
- COCUF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Idel, Moshe
- Dewey number
- 296.1/6
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BM526
- LC item number
- .I295 2002eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cabala
- Kabbale
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Cabala
- Jodendom
- Mystiek
- Kabbala
- Label
- Absorbing perfections : Kabbalah and interpretation, Moshe Idel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-645) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world-absorbing text -- The God-absorbing text : black fire on white fire -- Text and interpretation affinities in Kabbalah -- The book that contains and maintains all -- Magical and magical-mystical arcanizations of canonical books -- Torah study and mystical experiences in Jewish mysticism -- Secrecy, binah, and derishah -- Semantics, constellation, and interpretation -- Radical forms of Jewish hermeneutics -- The symbolic mode of theosophical-theurgical Kabbalah -- Allegories, divine names, and experiences in ecstatic Kabbalah -- Tzerufei otiyyot : mutability and accommodation of the Torah in Jewish mysticism -- Tradition, transmission, and techniques -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 1. Pardes : the fourfold method of interpretation -- Appendix 2. Abraham Abulafia's Torah of blood and ink -- Appendix 3. R. Isaac of Acre's exegetical quandary -- Appendix 4. The exile of the Torah and the imprisonment of secrets -- Appendix 5. On oral Torah and multiple interpretations in Hasidism -- Appendix 6. "Book of God"/"book of law" in late-fifteenth-century Florence
- Control code
- 182530619
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281734860
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt111zcx
- 599ecfca-0c0c-4d72-a875-bdbea38b5380
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530619
- Label
- Absorbing perfections : Kabbalah and interpretation, Moshe Idel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-645) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world-absorbing text -- The God-absorbing text : black fire on white fire -- Text and interpretation affinities in Kabbalah -- The book that contains and maintains all -- Magical and magical-mystical arcanizations of canonical books -- Torah study and mystical experiences in Jewish mysticism -- Secrecy, binah, and derishah -- Semantics, constellation, and interpretation -- Radical forms of Jewish hermeneutics -- The symbolic mode of theosophical-theurgical Kabbalah -- Allegories, divine names, and experiences in ecstatic Kabbalah -- Tzerufei otiyyot : mutability and accommodation of the Torah in Jewish mysticism -- Tradition, transmission, and techniques -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 1. Pardes : the fourfold method of interpretation -- Appendix 2. Abraham Abulafia's Torah of blood and ink -- Appendix 3. R. Isaac of Acre's exegetical quandary -- Appendix 4. The exile of the Torah and the imprisonment of secrets -- Appendix 5. On oral Torah and multiple interpretations in Hasidism -- Appendix 6. "Book of God"/"book of law" in late-fifteenth-century Florence
- Control code
- 182530619
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281734860
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt111zcx
- 599ecfca-0c0c-4d72-a875-bdbea38b5380
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530619
Subject
- Bible, A.T | Pentateuque -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives
- Bible, Pentateuch
- Bible, Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
- Cabala
- Cabala -- History
- Electronic books
- History
- Kabbala
- Kabbale -- Histoire
- Mystiek
- RELIGION -- Judaism | Kabbalah & Mysticism
- RELIGION -- Judaism | Sacred Writings
- Jodendom
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