Studies in ecstatic kabbalah / Moshe Idel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Idel, Moshe, 1947-

Series:

SUNY series in Judaica

SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292.

Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel.

Cabala--History.

Cabala.

Ecstasy (Judaism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah-the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes the mystical union, the world of imagination, and concentration as a spiritual technique. The emphasis in the text is on the interaction between the "original" Spanish stage of Kabbalah and Muslim mysticism in the East, mainly in the Galilee. The influence of the Kabbalistic-Sufic synthesis on the later developments of Jewish mysticism is traced, thereby providing a more precise understanding of the history of Kabbalah as an interplay between the theosophical and ecstatic mystical experiences.

Contents:

Abraham Abulafia and unio mystica

Was Abraham Abulafia influenced by the Cathars?

Abraham Abulafia on the Jewish messiah and Jesus

The influence of Sefer 'Or HaSekhel on R. Moses Narboni and R. Abraham Shalom

Mundus imaginalis and Likkutei HaRan

Ecstatic Kabbalah and the Land of Israel

Hitbodedut as concentration in ecstatic Kabbalah.

Notes:

Some essays translated from the Hebrew.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 171-172.

ISBN:

1-4384-0746-7

OCLC:

794701354