Birth in Kabbalah and psychoanalysis / Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kara-Ivanov Kaniel, Ruth, 1979- author.

Series:

Perspectives on Jewish texts and contexts (Series) ; 18.

Perspectives on Jewish texts and contexts ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala--Psychological aspects.

Cabala.

Childbirth--Psychological aspects.

Childbirth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

This series focuses on the Jewish textual tradition as well as the ways it evolves in response to new intellectual, historical, social and political contexts. Fostering dialogue between literary, philosophical, political and religious perspectives, this series, which consists of original scholarship and proceedings of international conferences, reflects contemporary concerns of Jewish Studies in the broadest sense.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Existentialism of Birth

Chapter 2 The Theology and Ethics of Birth

Chapter 3 The Caesura of Birth

Chapter 4 “The Womb Is a Tomb”: The Imagery of the Uterus and Female Guilt and Death

Chapter 5 The Double Beginning of the Zohar

Chapter 6 Longing for the Source

Chapter 7 Birth in Lurianic Kabbalah

Chapter 8 Redemption as Birth, Birth as Redemption

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-068802-6