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An edition of Kabbalah and eros (2005)

Kabbalah and eros

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"In this book, the world's foremost scholar of Kabbalah explores the understanding of erotic love in Jewish mystical thought. Encompassing Jewish mystical literatures from those of late antiquity to works of Polish Hasidism, Moshe Idel highlights the diversity of Kabbalistic views on eros and distinguishes between the major forms of eroticism." "The author traces the main developments of a religious formula that reflects the union between a masculine divine attribute and a feminine divine attribute, and he asks why such an "erotic formula" was incorporated into the Jewish prayer book. Idel shows how Kabbalistic literature was influenced not only by rabbinic literature but also by Greek thought that helped introduce a wider understanding of eros. Addressing topics ranging from cosmic eros and androgyneity to the affinity between C. J. Jung and Kabbalah to feminist thought, Idel's study will be of interest to scholars of religion, Judaism, and feminism."--BOOK JACKET.

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Yale University Press
Language
English, Romanian
Pages
371

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Subjects

Cabala, History, Judaism, Love, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Love, Religious aspects of Sex, Sex, Eroticism, Androgynie, Sexualität, Geschlechtsunterschied, Erotik, Love, religious aspects, Sex, religious aspects, 11.25 Jewish mysticism: cabbala, Kabbala, Cabbala
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Kabbalah and eros
2005, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

Kabbalah and some prekabbalistic attitudes to eros
Du-partzufin : interpretations of androgyneity in Jewish mysticism
God's wife and concubine : paths of national myth
Contemplating a female : from platonic eros to Jewish mysticism
Cosmoeroticism in Jewish mysticism
Appendix : on the theurgical role of the woman in sexuality.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New Haven

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
296.1/6
Library of Congress
BM526 .I337 2005, BM526.I337 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
371

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3391691M
ISBN 10
030010832X
LCCN
2005000196
OCLC/WorldCat
57422572, 237318457
LibraryThing
632578
Goodreads
252457

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Work ID
OL1857205W

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