Absorbing Perfections
Kabbalah and Interpretation
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Word Count
172,000 words, Guess
Page Count
688 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10318560M
- ISBN-139780300083798
- ISBN-100300083793
- OCLC Control Number48376069
- Library of Congress Control Number2001006563
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2119156
- Goodreads2205663
Classifications
- LCCBM526 .I295 2002
- LCCBM526.I295 2002
- LCCBM 526 .I295 2002
Description
In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah -- from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism -- one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it.
Description
"In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and the methods used to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical center with the destruction of the Temple and so was left with a textual center, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centered forms of mysticism."--BOOK JACKET.
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