Kabbalistic Revolution : reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain /
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, hidde...
| Основен автор: | Lachter, Hartley, 1974- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Brunwick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2014]
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| Серия: |
Jewish cultures of the world.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Kabbalistic Revolution : reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (258 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813568768 (e-book) |