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"And they shall be one flesh" : on the language of mystical union in Judaism / Adam Afterman

Afṭerman, Adam [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

ix, 278 Seiten ; 24 cm

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Afterman, Adam, author : And they shall be one flesh. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] (Online-Ausgabe)

90-04-32872-6 (hardback : alk. paper); 978-90-04-32872-3 (hardback : alk. paper)

978-90-04-32873-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2016026410

861341783

OCoLC: 1004513047     

BM723

296.712 ; 296.7/12     Ähnliche Literatur

*Kabbala ; Jüdische Philosophie ; Unio mystica ; Judentum      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Mysticism -- Judaism -- Influence ; Cabala -- Influence ; Mystical union ; Mysticism -- Judaism -- Influence ; Cabala -- Influence ; Mystical union

"In "And They Shall Be One Flesh: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism", Adam Afterman offers for the first time an extensive study of mystical union and embodiment in Judaism. Afterman argues that Philo was the first to articulate the notion of unio mystica in Judaism and in monotheism and is the source of the henōsis mysticism in the later Neoplatonic tradition. The study provides a detailed analysis of the Jewish medieval trends that developed different forms of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the Holy Spirit. The book argues that the development of unitive mysticism in Judaism is the fruit of substantial moments of openness, not only to Greek and Arab philosophy but also to Islam and Christianity"--