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One of the key personalities in the development of jewish mysticism, sometimes referred to as the father of ecstatic kabbalah, was abraham abulafia, born in saragossa, spain in the thirteenth century. Language, torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia. Read the mystical experience in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica. Abulafia, abraham ben samuel 1240after 1291, founder of the prophetic kabbalah. I am preparing the english translation directly from multiple ancient hebrew manuscripts and two printed hebrew editions of light of the intellect with the generous help and guidance of prof. Pdf tell it from the torah download read online free. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion idel, moshe on. The emphasis is on high scholarly standards with an interest in issues of interpretation and the contemporary world. Erp plm business process management ehs management supply chain management ecommerce quality management cmms. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hasidism. Buy the mystical experience in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica. His teachings inspired their poetry to such an extent that one might speak of abulafianism. Born in spain, a student of the writings of moses maimonides and of hillel, from twenty years of age he began a life of ceaseless wandering.
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Meilicke in the late 1960s and early 1970s a group of jewish poets in california became enthusiastic about the mystical texts of abraham abulafia, a medieval kabbalist. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Our mission is to strengthen jewish peoplehood, identity and pluralism and ensure that judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century. The shalom hartman institute is a leading center of jewish thought and education, serving israel and world jewry. As my patron youll receive the complete pdf of my forthcoming english translation of abraham abulafia s light of the intellect, a classic jewish kabbalah meditation handbook. The commentary of rabbi abraham ibn ezra on hosea by abe lipshitz. Philosophy, journal for jewish thought and philosophy, vol.
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Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion by moshe idel isbn. Download pdf language torah and hermeneutics in abraham. On the language of mystical union in judaism by adam afterman book resume. Frank ra gives an overview of the studies of abraham abulafia, and his kabbalistic work. Jul, 2016 the practical kabbalah of abraham abulafia survived centuries of censorship. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. David bourget western ontario david chalmers anu, nyu area editors. This book contains excerpts of historical texts about abulafia s divine name meditations.
Abraham abulafia, gan naul1 the book of creation sefer yesira is a unique, isolated work that belongs to no school of thought daphne hadas freedman2 sefer yetzirah book of formation, hereafter sy is the oldest known speculative treatise in hebrew. In 1260 he left spain for the land of israel in search for the legendary sambatyon river. Mystical union in the ecstatic kabbalah of abraham abulafia brill. Abulafia s techniques need to be understood within the context of their operations. Nash summary braham abulafia, whose writings were ignored or defamed for six centuries, is now recognized as the leading exponent of the important field of ecstatic, or prophetic, kabbalah. In this book, each chapter is dedicated to a different weekly torah reading from the books of braishit and shemot, and is composed of several levels of information, such as rabbinic interpetation, questions to think about, etc. Studies in ecstatic kabbalah download pdfepub ebook. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion moshe idel on. Buy language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica.
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