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Kabbalah : the mystic quest in Judaism / David Ariel.

By: Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 257 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461638452 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461638453 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: KabbalahDDC classification:
  • 296.7/12 22
LOC classification:
  • BM723
Other classification:
  • 11.20
  • 11.25
Online resources:
Contents:
Seekers of unity : the nature of mysticism -- Visionaries, mystics, and kabbalists : the history of Jewish mysticism -- The hidden and the revealed : the infinite God of Jewish mysticism -- The calculus of the divine world : the teaching of the sefirot -- The shekhinah : the feminine aspect of God -- Entering the garden : the meaning of Torah -- The oneness of being : the destiny of the soul -- The mystic drama : the religious life of the Jewish mystic -- Raising the sparks : modern Jewish mysticism -- Mysticism and meditation : the mystic quest.
Summary: In the wake of the renewed interest in Kabbalah comes a thoroughly updated edition of Ariel's classic best selling book, "The Mystic Quest." Ariel beautifully presents the complex elements of Jewish mysticism's major ideas in clear, understandable, and accessible language.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.

Seekers of unity : the nature of mysticism -- Visionaries, mystics, and kabbalists : the history of Jewish mysticism -- The hidden and the revealed : the infinite God of Jewish mysticism -- The calculus of the divine world : the teaching of the sefirot -- The shekhinah : the feminine aspect of God -- Entering the garden : the meaning of Torah -- The oneness of being : the destiny of the soul -- The mystic drama : the religious life of the Jewish mystic -- Raising the sparks : modern Jewish mysticism -- Mysticism and meditation : the mystic quest.

In the wake of the renewed interest in Kabbalah comes a thoroughly updated edition of Ariel's classic best selling book, "The Mystic Quest." Ariel beautifully presents the complex elements of Jewish mysticism's major ideas in clear, understandable, and accessible language.

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