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Shalom Shar'abi and the kabbalists of Beit El / Pinchas Giller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giller, Pinchas, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabala--History.
- Cabala.
- Rabbis--Jerusalem.
- Rabbis.
- Jewish scholars--Jerusalem.
- Jewish scholars.
- Jews, Yemeni--Jerusalem.
- Jews, Yemeni.
- Kavvanot (Cabala).
- Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem).
- Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777.
- Sharabi, Shalom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Beit El kabbalists, led by their charismatic founder Shalom Shar'abi, have flourished in the Middle East for the last two and half centuries. This work is the first scholarly treatment of Beit El, its history, the underlying theory of its kabbalistic system and the practices and inner life of the kabbalists of Beit El.
- Contents:
- Shar'abi and Beit El
- Kavvanah and kavvanot
- The names of God in the Beit El kavvanot
- Kabbalists in the community
- Beit El practice
- Shar'abi's school
- The literary tradition of Beit El
- The kavvanot in Hasidism
- Conclusion : mysticism, metaphysics, and the limitations of Beit El Kabbalah.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045006-1
- 1-4356-3058-0
- 9786611162245
- 1-281-16224-8
- 0-19-971645-5
- OCLC:
- 922953482
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