This book explores the fundamental issues in Jewish mysticism and provides a taxonomy of the deep structures of thought that emerge from the texts.
Table of Content
Preface
1. The Image of Jacob Engraved upon the Throne: Further Reflection on the Esoteric Doctrine of the German Pietists
2. The Tree That Is All: Jewish-Christian Roots of a Kabbalistic Symbol in
Sefer ha-Bahir
3. Walking as a Sacred Duty: Theological Transformation of Social Reality in Early Hasidism
Notes
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index
About the author
Elliot R. Wolfson is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He is the author of
The Book of the Pomegranate: Moses de León’s Sefer ha-Rimmon; Through A Speculum That Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism; and
Circle in the Square: Studies in the Use of Gender in Kabbalistic Symbolism, also published by SUNY Press.
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