Divine and demonic in the poetic mythology of the Zohar : the "other side" of Kabbalah / By Nathaniel Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, Nathaniel, author.

Series:

IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 18.

IJS studies in Judaica : conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala.

Jewish mythology.

Demonology.

Zohar.

Physical Description:

xiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

Nathaniel Berman's Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: The "Other Side" of Kabbalah offers a new approach to the central work of Jewish mysticism, the Sefer Ha-Zohar ("Book of Radiance"). Berman explicates the literary techniques through which the Zohar constructs a mythology of intricately related divine and demonic personae. Drawing on classical and modern rhetorical paradigms, as well as psychoanalytical theories of the formation of subjectivity, Berman reinterprets the meaning of the Zohar's divine and demonic personae, exploring their shared origins and their ongoing antagonisms and intimacies. Finally, he shows how the Zoharic portrayal of the demonic, the "Other Side," contributes to reflecting on alterity of all kinds.

Notes:

This monograph is not a conference volume per publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299).

Other Format:

Online version: Berman, Nathaniel, author. Divine and demonic in the poetic mythology of the Zohar

ISBN:

9789004386181

9004386181

OCLC:

1043582834

Publisher Number:

99978748268