The Kabbalistic Tree / האילן הקבלי

Explores the history and meanings of ilanot, diagrammatic representations of the Divine as a Porphyrian tree in Jewish mysticism and kabbalistic manuscripts.

About the author

J. H. Chajes is Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism, coeditor of The Visualization of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, and the director of the Ilanot Project.

Product details

• Authors: J. H. Chajes
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2022
• EAN: 9780271093451
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09345-1
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 2087 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Series: Dimyonot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, ART / History / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, REFERENCE / Research, History of art / art & design styles, Judaism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Research & information: general, Judaism: mysticism