03853cam a2200721Ki 4500 ocn894510269 OCoLC 20200709060250.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141105s2014 nju ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP E7B OCLCQ P@U JSTOR N$T 9780813568768 electronic bk. 0813568765 electronic bk. 9780813568751 0813568757 NLGGC 383530199 (OCoLC)894510269 880462 (N$T) 22573/ctt968d7c JSTOR e-sp--- BM354 .L38 2014eb REL 040000 bisacsh REL040060 bisacsh 296.1/609460902 23 N$TA Lachter, Hartley, 1974- author. Kabbalistic Revolution : reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain. New Brunwick, N.J : Rutgers University Press, [2014] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Jewish cultures of the world Includes bibliographical references and index. Medieval Kabbalah was successful because it advanced a powerful way of imagining the meaning and relevance of Judaism in light of the declining political status of Jews in Western Europe and the proliferation of Christian anti-Jewish thought. The kabbalists claimed to reveal a secret doctrine, hidden among the sages of Israel, in which Jews are placed at the center of the cosmic-divine drama, maintaining the harmony of the secret inner life of God and sustaining the universe through the practice of Jewish law. According to the members of this movement, Jewish ritual is the powerful mechanism through which Jews bring harmony to the hidden facets of the divine world. In an environment in which Christian preachers claimed that Jews had been abandoned by God because they were blind to the true meaning of scripture, the kabbalists presented a radically different narrative, one that depicts Jewish religious life at the center of the universe. Medieval Kabbalah, when understood within its historical context, reveals itself to be a powerful gesture of cultural resistance that permanently transformed Judaism -- Provided by publisher. Print version record. Judaism Spain History. Judaism History 12th century. Judaism History 13th century. Mysticism Judaism History 12th century. Mysticism Judaism History 13th century. Cabala. RELIGION Judaism General. bisacsh Cabala. fast (OCoLC)fst00843481 Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst00984280 Mysticism Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst01031646 Spain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204303 RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism bisacsh Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Lachter, Hartley, 1974- author. Kabbalistic Revolution 9780813568751 (DLC) 2014004942 (OCoLC)870530851 Jewish cultures of the world. ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10961808 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=880462 http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813568768/ Project MUSE JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt9qh18h ebrary EBRY ebr10961808 EBSCOhost EBSC 880462 YBP Library Services YANK 12147756 Project MUSE MUSE muse42870 02 N$T 55674 55674