Venturing Beyond - Law And Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism

Zusatztext Wolfson is an exciting and fecund contemporary writer on Jewish mysticism. He has a profound grasp of the breadth of this tradition and...achieves a distinctive and majestic prose which leads the reader on a valuable journey into the depths of mystical consciousness. He is to be congratulated for so doing. Informationen zum Autor Elliot R. Wolfson is Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University. Zusammenfassung Are mysticism and morality compatible or at odds with one another? Venturing Beyond - Law and Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism is an investigation of the relationship of the mystical and moral as it is expressed in the particular tradition of Jewish mysticism known as the Kabbalah.

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• Authors: Elliot R. Wolfson, Elliot R. (Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies Wolfson, Wolfson Elliot R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2006
• EAN: 9780199277797
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927779-7
• No. of pages: 389
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, RELIGION / Philosophy, mysticism, Judaism, Alternative belief systems, Philosophy of religion, Alternative belief systems and spiritual worldviews