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Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity / Roni Weinstein

Abridged English edition

Englisch (Sprache des Originals: Hebraeisch)

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2016

1 Online-Ressource ([xiii], 214 Seiten)

Shavru et ha-kelim

Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 177-202

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Ṿaynshṭeyn, Roni *1957-*: Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity. - Oxford : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2016. - [xiii], 214 Seiten

978-1-80085-730-8

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-906764-62-3 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.3828/9781906764623

Introduction: a social historian looks at early modern Kabbalah -- 1. A new God: theological innovation -- 2. Like giants sitting on the shoulders of dwarfs: the rise of the Kadosh -- 3. Kabbalah, halakhah, and ritual -- 4. Religious confraternities -- 5. From my body I shall envision God: the body and sexuality -- 6. Sin and repentance: Jewish confession -- 7. Catholic traditions in Safed Kabbalah: Sephardim and conversos -- Summary: Safed Kabbalah and modernity.

*Kabbala

*Cabala -- History ; Cabala and Christianity

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BM526

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.1/6;

"This sociological reading of the kabbalistic ideas of the early modern period suggests that they gained acceptance because they responded to the needs of contemporary Jewish society. Although they were presented as continuing a tradition, their goal was reformation: few aspects of Jewish life were not changed in consequence. This broadly based and innovative study challenges accepted ideas on the origins of Jewish modernity, and also shows how Counter-Reformation Catholicism affected these developments. The Hebrew edition of the book was awarded the Goren-Gottstein Prize for the Best Book in Jewish Thought 2010-2012"--

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