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- The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah
- Book
- 1989
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
summary
This book is a critical study of the mystical celebration of Sabbath in the classical period of Kabbalah, from the late twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries. The Kabbalists’ re-reading of the earlier Jewish tradition has been called a model of “mythopoeic revision,” a revision rooted in a world-view that stressed the interrelation of all worlds and levels of being. This is the first work, in any language, to systematically collect and analyze all the major innovations in praxis and theology that classical Kabbalah effected upon the development of the Rabbinic Sabbath, one of the most central areas of Jewish religious practice.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Illustrations
- p. xv
- Abbreviations
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Note on Transliteration and Orthography
- pp. xix-xx
- CHAPTER THREE. Rituals of Preparation
- pp. 217-255
- Appendix I
- pp. 285-288
- Appendix II
- pp. 289-296
- Bibliography
- pp. 297-318
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438404110
MARC Record
OCLC
794701348
Pages
341
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No