TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elior,Rachel
TI  - The paradoxical ascent to God: the kabbalistic theosophy of Habad Hasidism 
T2  - SUNY Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
SN  - 9781438401980
AV  - BM198 .E429 1993
U1  - 296.8/3322 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Cabala
KW  - Influence
KW  - Habad
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - "Multi-User"
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index; ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Content""; ""Introduction""; ""A Spiritual Awakening""; ""The Influence of the Kabbalah""; ""The Historical Background""; ""The Hasidic World-View""; ""Habad-Hasidism""; ""The Dual Meaning of Existence""; ""The Dialectical Systems""; ""The Books of Habad""; ""The Four Subjects of Discussion""; ""The Background of the Paradoxical Argument""; ""The Doctrine of Divinity, the Mystical Theology""; ""Acosmism""; ""The Relation Between God and the World""; ""Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites""""Hashvaah (Equalization)""; ""Entity and Manifestation-Nothingness and Being""; ""The Doctrine of Tzimtzum""; ""Transcendence and Immanence""; ""The Paradox-Two Opposites in a Single Subject""; ""Soul Consciousness and Perception""; ""The Doctrine of the Soul""; ""The Divine Soul""; ""The Bestial Soul""; ""Divine Worship""; ""Divine Worship-Introduction""; ""Two Aspects of Divine Worship""; ""Esoterics and Exoterics -- The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines""; ""Ha-'Avodah be-Bittul -- Worship in Self-Annihilation""; ""Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness""""Ha-'Avodah be-Hitbonenut -- Worship in Contemplation""; ""The Controversy over Contemplation""; ""The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation""; ""Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension""; ""Mesirut Nefesh-Self-Sacrifice""; ""The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship""; ""'Avodah be-Hipukh -- Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Reference List""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""
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