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Sagerman, Robert.

The serpent kills or the serpent gives life : the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia's response to Christianity / by Robert Sagerman. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages). - Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 12 . - Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 12. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abulafia and alterity : the other in the self -- Refutation and absorption : Abulafia's response to the Christian context -- Abulafia's demons : the psychological dimension of Abulafia's relationship to Christianity -- Abulafia and Jesus : metatron and sandalfon -- Warp and woof : circumcision, crucifixion, and divine embodiment.

ISBN: 9789004194472 9004194479

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292 --Religion.
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cabala.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
RELIGION--Judaism--Theology.
Cabala.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Judaism.
Religion.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM755.A28 / S24 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.3/96