ISBN:
9781503628588
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (480 p.)
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Studies in Jewish Mysticism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
296.1/62
Keywords:
Cabala
;
Spiritual life Judaism
;
RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism
;
Jewish spirituality
;
Jewish studies
;
Zohar
;
comparative spirituality
;
idra rabba
;
jewish mysticism
;
mysticism
Abstract:
A magisterial, modern reading of the deepest mysteries in the Kabbalistic tradition. Seekers of the Face opens the profound treasure house at the heart of Judaism's most important mystical work: the Idra Rabba (Great Gathering) of the Zohar. This is the story of the Great Assembly of mystics called to order by the master teacher and hero of the Zohar, Rabbi Shim'on bar Yochai, to align the divine faces and to heal Jewish religion. The Idra Rabba demands a radical expansion of the religious worldview, as it reveals God's faces and bodies in daring, anthropomorphic language. For the first time, Melila Hellner-Eshed makes this challenging, esoteric masterpiece meaningful for everyday readers. Hellner-Eshed expertly unpacks the Idra Rabba's rich grounding in tradition, its probing of hidden layers of consciousness and the psyche, and its striking, sacred images of the divine face. Leading readers of the Zohar on a transformative adventure in mystical experience, Seekers of the Face allows us to hear anew the Idra Rabba's bold call to heal and align the living faces of God
Note:
Frontmatter
,
Contents
,
Introduction
,
Part 1
,
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Idra Rabba
,
Chapter 2: The Language of Divine Faces
,
Chapter 3: The Gaze
,
Chapter 4: Reflections on Zeʿeir Anpin
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Chapter 5: Literature, Mysticism, Praxis
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Chapter 6: Overarching Themes in the Idra Rabba
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Chapter 7: What Is the Idra Rabba Trying to Communicate?
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Part 2
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Chapter 8: Entering the Idra Rabba
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Chapter 9: The Kings of Edom: The First Appearance
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Chapter 10: Arikh Anpin: Origins
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Chapter 11: Arikh Anpin: Features of the Face
,
Chapter 12: Arraying Arikh Anpin’s Beard
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Chapter 13: The Kings of Edom: The Second Appearance
,
Chapter 14: Zeʿeir Anpin Comes into Being
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Chapter 15: Zeʿeir Anpin’s Head and Its Features
,
Chapter 16: The Tiqqunim of Zeʿeir Anpin: The Language of Flowing Bounty
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Chapter 17: The Ancient of Ancients and Zeʿeir Anpin: All Is One
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Chapter 18: Forming the Male and Female Body
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Chapter 19: The Kings of Edom: The Third Appearance
,
Chapter 20: Separation and Coupling
,
Chapter 21: Sweetening Judgment
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Chapter 22: Emerging from the Idra Rabba
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Epilogue
,
Notes
,
Bibliography
,
Index
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781503628588
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