Studies in the Zohar / Yehuda Liebes ; translated from the Hebrew by Arnold Schwartz, Stephanie Nakache, Penina Peli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebes, Yehuda.

Series:

SUNY Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

SUNY series in Judaica

SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zohar.

Cabala--History.

Cabala.

Messiah--Judaism--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Messiah.

Cabala and Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 262 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the "Book of Splendor" (Sefer ha-Zohar), the greatest achievement of Kabbalah and one of the most influential sources of Western mysticism. This book offers a new interpretation of the Zohar, analyzing both its theoretical content and its historical context; it also brings the theory and the history together by indicating the personal and autobiographical elements in the Zohar's teachings. The author delves into the issues of the messianic elements of the Zohar, the way it was written, and its relationship to Christianity, Gnosticism, and Talmudic literature.

Contents:

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Content ""; ""The Messiah of the Zohar: On R. Simeon bar Yohai as a Messianic Figure""; ""The Messiah in the Main Body of the Zohar""; ""The Idra as a Messianic Composition and R. Simeonbar Yohai as a Messianic Figure""; ""Analysis of the Idra""; ""The Significance of the Gathering""; ""The Companions' Pledge""; ""Disclosure versus Concealment""; ""R. Simeon's Generation""; ""Fear of God""; ""Love""; ""The Torah""; ""The Apprehension of the Torah in the Messianic Era""

""Devekut (Mystical Union) and Tikkun (Amendment)"" ""The Tikkun""; ""The Death of R. Simeon as a Tikkun""; ""The Historical Tikkun""; ""The Tikkun of Erotic Union""; ""R. Simeon's Tikkun Through Erotic Union""; ""-APPENDIX 1: When was Idra Rabba Held?-""; ""-APPENDIX 2: When Was Idra Zuta Held?-""; ""How the Zohar Was Written""; ""Bahya B. Asher""; ""Joseph Ben Shalom Ashkenazi Ha-Arokh""; ""The Idrot""; ""Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla""; ""Rabbi Joseph of Hamadan""; ""'Primordial Man'""; ""Shaving of the Hair""; ""Rabbi David Ben Judah He-Hasid""

""APPENDIX 1: (Appendix to Note 248) Catharsis of Thought, The Doctrine of Gilgul and the Death of the Kings""""-APPENDIX 2: Rabbi Tbdros Ben Joseph Abulafia And Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai-""; ""Christian Influences on the Zohar""; ""The Doctrine of Trinity""; ""The Son""; ""The Exegesis of Genesis 1:1""; ""The Letter Tsad-Allusion to Jesus?""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Notes""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Notes to Appendix I""; ""Notes to Appendix II""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Bibliography""; ""Sources""; ""Index of Subjects, Proper Names, and Classical Works""; "Index of References to the Zohar""" "ZOHAR I""; ""ZOHAR II""; ""ZOHAR III""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.

ISBN:

9781438410845

1438410840

OCLC:

794701355