05693cam a2200685Mi 4500 ocn889251211 OCoLC 20200709060138.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 970129t19971997nju ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng rda pn E7B OCLCO JSTOR P@U OCLCF DEBBG COO OCLCO N$T OCLCO YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO DEBSZ OCLCQ IOG EZ9 DEGRU STF TXC INT LVT DKC OCLCQ OCLCO 1013941052 1029831946 1032694950 1037983041 1042026561 1046616499 1046724952 1046996640 9781400864607 (electronic bk.) 1400864607 (electronic bk.) 0691043728 (alk. paper) 9780691043722 0691608288 9780691608280 790813 (N$T) (OCoLC)889251211 (OCoLC)1013941052 (OCoLC)1029831946 (OCoLC)1032694950 (OCoLC)1037983041 (OCoLC)1042026561 (OCoLC)1046616499 (OCoLC)1046724952 (OCoLC)1046996640 22573/ctt7361zx JSTOR BM496.9.C76 G74 1997eb REL040000 bisacsh REL 040000 bisacsh 296.3/112 21 MAIN Green, Arthur, 1941- author. Keter : the crown of God in early Jewish mysticism / Arthur Green. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997] ©1997 1 online resource (242 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Princeton legacy library Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and indexes. Print version record. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE. Ancient Israel: Crowns Above and Below -- CHAPTER TWO. Coronation and Qedushah -- CHAPTER THREE. The Heavenly Coronation: Primary Texts -- CHAPTER FOUR. God's Crown and Israel's Prayer -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Name on the Crown -- CHAPTER SIX. Crowns, Tefillin, and Magic Seals -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Angels Crowned -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Israel Crowned at Sinai -- CHAPTER NINE. Coronation and Marriage -- CHAPTER TEN. Medieval Reconsiderations -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Hymn of Glory -- CHAPTER TWELVE. The Way to Kabbalah -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Sefer ha-Bahir -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Early Kabbalah -- APPENDIX. Original Texts of Principal Primary Source Citations -- Bibliography -- Selective Index of Texts -- General Index. Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts, tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation Arthur Green draws a wide arc including Talmudic, Midrashic, liturgical, Merkavah, German Hasidic, and Kabbalistic works, showing through this single theme the spectrum of devotional, mystical, and magical views held by various circles of Jews over the course of a millennium or more. The first portion of the work deals with late antiquity, emphasizing the close relationship between texts of what is often depicted as "normative" Judaism and their mystical/magical analogues. The mythic imagination of ancient Judaism, he suggests, is shared across this spectrum. The latter portion of the work turns to the medieval Jews who inherited this ancient tradition and its evolution into Kabbalah, where keter plays a key role as the first of the ten divine emanations or sefirot. The nature of these sefirot as symbols and the emergence of a structured and hierarchical symbolism out of the mythic imagery of the past are key themes in these later chapters. As a whole, Keter takes the reader on an exciting tour of the interior landscapes of the Jewish imagination, offering some remarkable insights into the nature of mystical and symbolic thinking in the Jewish tradition. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Master record variable field(s) change: 650 Crown of God in rabbinical literature. Mysticism Judaism History. Cabala. RELIGION Judaism General. bisacsh Cabala. fast (OCoLC)fst00843481 Crown of God in rabbinical literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00884311 Mysticism Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst01031646 Electronic books History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Green, Arthur. Keter : the crown of God in early Jewish mysticism. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997] xv, 226 pages ; 24 cm Princeton legacy library 9780691608280 (DLC) 10899012 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=790813 De Gruyter DEGR 9781400864607 ebrary EBRY ebr10899012 EBSCOhost EBSC 790813 Project MUSE MUSE muse40273 YBP Library Services YANK 11997541 92 N$T 54915 54915