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.