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.

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Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292 --Religion.
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292.


Cabala.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
RELIGION--Judaism--Theology.
Cabala.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Judaism.
Religion.


Electronic books.

BM755.A28 / S24 2011eb

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