Keter : the crown of God in early Jewish mysticism / Arthur Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Arthur, 1941- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crown of God in rabbinical literature.

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Cabala.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts, tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation Arthur Green draws a wide arc including Talmudic, Midrashic, liturgical, Merkavah, German Hasidic, and Kabbalistic works, showing through this single theme the spectrum of devotional, mystical, and magical views held by various circles of Jews over the course of a millennium or more. The first portion of the work deals with late antiquity, emphasizing the close relationship between texts of what is often depicted as "normative" Judaism and their mystical/magical analogues. The mythic imagination of ancient Judaism, he suggests, is shared across this spectrum. The latter portion of the work turns to the medieval Jews who inherited this ancient tradition and its evolution into Kabbalah, where keter plays a key role as the first of the ten divine emanations or sefirot.The nature of these sefirot as symbols and the emergence of a structured and hierarchical symbolism out of the mythic imagery of the past are key themes in these later chapters. As a whole, Keter takes the reader on an exciting tour of the interior landscapes of the Jewish imagination, offering some remarkable insights into the nature of mystical and symbolic thinking in the Jewish tradition.Originally published in 1997.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE. Ancient Israel: Crowns Above and Below

CHAPTER TWO. Coronation and Qedushah

CHAPTER THREE. The Heavenly Coronation: Primary Texts

CHAPTER FOUR. God's Crown and Israel's Prayer

CHAPTER FIVE. The Name on the Crown

CHAPTER SIX. Crowns, Tefillin, and Magic Seals

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Angels Crowned

CHAPTER EIGHT. Israel Crowned at Sinai

CHAPTER NINE. Coronation and Marriage

CHAPTER TEN. Medieval Reconsiderations

CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Hymn of Glory

CHAPTER TWELVE. The Way to Kabbalah

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Sefer ha-Bahir

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Early Kabbalah

APPENDIX. Original Texts of Principal Primary Source Citations

Bibliography

Selective Index of Texts

General Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-205) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691608280

0691608288

9780691636757

0691636753

9781400864607

1400864607

OCLC:

889251211