The mystical experience in Abraham Abulafia /
This book represents the first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music. There is a discussion of the characteristics of his mystical experience and the erot...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1988.
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| Series: | SUNY series in Judaica.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18253228 |
| Summary: | This book represents the first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music. There is a discussion of the characteristics of his mystical experience and the erotic imagery by which it was expressed. Based on all the extant manuscript material of Abulafia, this book opens the way to a new understanding of Jewish mysticism. |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 pages). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232). |
| ISBN: | 0585087229 9780585087221 1438407459 9781438407456 088706552X 9780887065521 0887065538 9780887065538 |