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Mystic tales from the Zohar / translated with notes and commentary by Aryeh Wineman.
LIBRA - Special BM530 .Z642513 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
- Mythos
- Standardized Title:
- Zohar. Selections. English
- Language:
- Aramaic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish legends.
- Jewish legends--History and criticism.
- Cabala.
- Mysticism--Judaism.
- Mysticism.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 161 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- New paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Contains translations of eight narratives from Zohar, the central text of Kabbalah, on themes of sin and repentance, death, exile, redemption, and resurrection, and includes notes and commentary.
- Contents:
- Introduction: On the Zoharic story: Grief, triumph, expulsion
- The book of Adam: two accounts
- The house of the world
- Death postponed
- The bridegroom's silence
- A retelling of Jonah
- A tale of sin and repentance
- A child's tears and his father's resurrection.
- Notes:
- Previously published: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, ©1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161).
- ISBN:
- 0691058334
- 9780691058337
- OCLC:
- 38016661
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