Jewish mysticism : the infinite expression of freedom / Rachel Elior ; translated by Yudith Nave and Arthur B. Millman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elior, Rachel, author.

Contributor:

Nave, Yudith, translator.

Millman, Arthur B., 1941- translator.

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

The Littman library of Jewish civilization

Standardized Title:

Paneha ha-shonot shel ha-ḥerut. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Judaism.

Mysticism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2007.

Summary:

A masterly investigation of the Jewish mystical phenomenon, from antiquity to the twentieth century, contextualized in the spiritual and historical circumstances in which it evolved.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Note on Transliteration

1. The Jewish Mystical Library and New Visions of Reality

2. The Infinity of Meaning Embedded in the Sacred Text

3. The Mystic: Life without Limits

4. Mystical Language and Magical Language 'Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels . . . and though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries . . .'

Appendix: Historical and Literary Figures, Kabbalists, and Mystics Mentioned in Jewish Mystical Literature

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Nov 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80034-010-9

1-78694-988-1

OCLC:

1053831959