Jewish Mysticism

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Mysticism, History, Jewish, Judaism
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Author: Joshua Abelson ISBN: 9791029904691
Publisher: FV Éditions Publication: November 23, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Joshua Abelson
ISBN: 9791029904691
Publisher: FV Éditions
Publication: November 23, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

General and special studies on Christian mysticism are numerous enough; but it is somewhat remarkable that, in their introductory pages, authors, who have much to say of Plotinus and Neoplatonism, have nothing or very little on the still more cognate subject of Jewish mysticism. This is not, however, so very surprising, for, truth to tell, there is a singular dearth of anything like an adequate introduction to the study of Jewish mysticism itself. The impression left with the general reader is that there is little of a mystical nature in the legitimate tradition of Jewish religion, and that the Kabbalah is simply a morbid and late growth, fed entirely by elements foreign to the genius of Israel. How ill-founded is the former view, and how extreme the latter, may be seen in the following pages. In an able summary, that may well serve as an introduction to the general study of Jewish mysticism, Dr. Abelson makes accessible to the general reader, in simple terms, the results of his careful inquiry, based on the researches of the best Jewish scholars, and reinforced by his own wide acquaintance with Talmudic and Rabbinical literature.

Contents :
Introduction
Chapter I. Some Early Elements: Essenism
Chapter II. The Merkabah (Chariot) Mysticism
Chapter III. Philo: Metatron: Wisdom
Chapter IV. Kingdom of Heaven: Fellowship: Shechinah
Chapter V. The Book 'Yetsirah'
Chapter VI. Some General Features of the 'Zohar' Mysticism
Chapter VII. The Ten Sefirot
Chapter VIII. The Soul
Concluding Note

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General and special studies on Christian mysticism are numerous enough; but it is somewhat remarkable that, in their introductory pages, authors, who have much to say of Plotinus and Neoplatonism, have nothing or very little on the still more cognate subject of Jewish mysticism. This is not, however, so very surprising, for, truth to tell, there is a singular dearth of anything like an adequate introduction to the study of Jewish mysticism itself. The impression left with the general reader is that there is little of a mystical nature in the legitimate tradition of Jewish religion, and that the Kabbalah is simply a morbid and late growth, fed entirely by elements foreign to the genius of Israel. How ill-founded is the former view, and how extreme the latter, may be seen in the following pages. In an able summary, that may well serve as an introduction to the general study of Jewish mysticism, Dr. Abelson makes accessible to the general reader, in simple terms, the results of his careful inquiry, based on the researches of the best Jewish scholars, and reinforced by his own wide acquaintance with Talmudic and Rabbinical literature.

Contents :
Introduction
Chapter I. Some Early Elements: Essenism
Chapter II. The Merkabah (Chariot) Mysticism
Chapter III. Philo: Metatron: Wisdom
Chapter IV. Kingdom of Heaven: Fellowship: Shechinah
Chapter V. The Book 'Yetsirah'
Chapter VI. Some General Features of the 'Zohar' Mysticism
Chapter VII. The Ten Sefirot
Chapter VIII. The Soul
Concluding Note

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