Kabbalah and Catastrophe: Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish Mysticism - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hartley LachterSeries:Stanford Studies in Jewish MysticismPublish date:2024-10-22Pages:362
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503640214ISBN-10:1503640213UPC:9781503640214Book Category:History, Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Jewish, Judaism, ReligiousBook Topic:Kabbalah & MysticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.5212Product ID:SCSA8EE67Z
Kabbalah and Catastrophe: Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish Mysticism
While premodern kabbalistic texts were not chronicles of historical events, they provided elaborate models for understanding the secret divine plan guiding human affairs. Hartley Lachter analyzes innovative kabbalistic doctrines, such as the idea of reincarnation and the notion of multiple successive universes, through which Jewish mystics sought to demonstrate that the misfortunes of Jewish...
Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish Mysticism
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503640214ISBN-10:1503640213UPC:9781503640214Book Category:History, Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Jewish, Judaism, ReligiousBook Topic:Kabbalah & MysticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.5212Product ID:SCSA8EE67Z
Hartley Lachter is Philip and Muriel Berman Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University. He is the author of Kabbalistic Revolution: Reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain (2014).
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