The Early Kabbalah

by Joseph Dan

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"In the late twelfth century, at the height of the Middle Ages that saw the flowering of the mystical element in Christendom, the Rabbinic Judaism of southern Europe was transformed by the eruption of new, Gnostic attitudes and symbolism. This new movement, known as Kabbalah (literally the 'Tradition'), was characterized by the symbol of the ten sefirot. By means of the sefirotic imagery, virtually the whole of everyday life was linked to the cosmic dimension in a novel and highly original show more fashion that stressed the dynamic, evolutionary element of the Godhead and the synergistic relationship between the human will and the action of God on earth. During a century of creativity, a detailed system of symbols and concepts was created by the author of the Sefer ha-Bahir, the Kabbalists of Provence, the Iyyun circle, and the mystics of Provence and Castile that set the stage for the great Kabbalists of the Zohar generation."--Jacket. show less

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Joseph Dan
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Joseph Dan is the Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A winner of the Israel Prize in 1997, he is recognized as one of the most influential scholars of Jewish mysticism in the world today.

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Idel, Moshe (Preface)
Kiener, Ronald C. (Translator)

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The Early Kabbalah

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Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
296.1 — Religion Other religions Judaism Jewish writings
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BM525 .A2 .E18 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Judaism Judaism Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature Cabala
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