Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation
of Moshe Idel, Harold Bloom (foreword by)
Description
In this discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - Moshe Idel considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. He takes as a starting point the fact that the post-biblical Jewish world lost its geographical centre with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual centre, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centred forms of mysticism.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 688 pages
- Publisher Yale University Press
- Publication Date May 1st 2002
- First Publication 10/30/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9780300083798
- Edition 1st edition
- Category Other
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