Time and eternity in Jewish mysticism : that which is before and that which is after / edited by Brian Ogren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ogren, Brian, editor.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; Volume 48.

Studies in Jewish History and Culture, 1568-5004 ; Volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Time.

Future life.

Eternity.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Time and eternity are concepts that have occupied an important place within Jewish mystical thought. This present volume gives pride of place to these concepts, and is one of the first works to bring together diverse voices on the subject. It offers a multivalent picture of the topic of time and eternity, not only by including contributions from an array of academics who are leaders in their fields, but by proposing six diverse approaches to time and eternity in Jewish mysticism: the theoretical approach to temporality, philosophical definitions, the idea of time and pre-existence, the idea of historical time, the idea of experiential time, and finally, the idea of eternity beyond time. This multivocal treatment of Jewish mysticism and time as based on variant academic approaches is novel, and it should lay the groundwork for further discussion and exploration.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Introduction: That Which is Before [And That Which is After] / Brian Ogren

2 Retroactive Not Yet: Linear Circularity and Kabbalistic Temporality / Elliot R. Wolfson

3 Neoplatonic Time in Isaac Israeli: On the Beginning of the End of Love [As the Beginning of the Beginning of Love] / Sarah Pessin

4 Solomon Maimon’s Philosophical Exegesis of Mystical Representations of Time and Temporal Consciousness / Dustin N. Atlas

5 Chaotic Beginnings: Yohanan Alemanno on the Time of Creation / Brian Ogren

6 The Case of Jewish Arianism: The Pre-existence of the Zaddik in Early Hasidism / Shaul Magid

7 The Ritualization of Messianic Time in Early Jewish Mysticism: The Apocalypse of Abraham as a Test Case / Andrei A. Orlov

8 The Notion of Time as History in Kabbalistic Treatises from Renaissance Italy / Fabrizio Lelli

9 The Mitnagdim and the Rabbinic Era as the Age of Reason / Eliyahu Stern

10 Soul Time in Modern Kabbalah / Jonathan Garb

11 Time, Eternity and Mystical Experience in Kabbalah / Adam Afterman

12 “Higher than Time”: Observations on Some Concepts of Time in Kabbalah and Hasidism / Moshe Idel

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29031-1

OCLC:

896791646

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004290310 DOI