ISBN:
9789004194472
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2011
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
296.3/96
Keywords:
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel Religion
;
Cabala
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /R. J. Sagerman -- Introduction Abraham Abulafia: A Brief Biographical Sketch /R. J. Sagerman -- Chapter One. Abulafia And Alterity: The Other In The Self /R. J. Sagerman -- Chapter Two. Refutation And Absorption: Abulafia’s Response To The Christian Context /R. J. Sagerman -- Chapter Three. Abulafia’s Demons: The Psychological Dimension Of Abulafia’s Relationship To Christianity /R. J. Sagerman -- Chapter Four. Abulafia And Jesus: Metatron And Sandalfon /R. J. Sagerman -- Chapter Five. Warp And Woof: Circumcision, Crucifixion, And Divine Embodiment /R. J. Sagerman -- Bibliography /R. J. Sagerman -- Index /R. J. Sagerman.
Abstract:
Abraham Abulafia (1240 – c. 1291) founded an enormously influential branch of Jewish mysticism, referred to as the prophetic or ecstatic kabbalah. This book, from several perspectives, explores the impact of Christianity upon Abulafia. His copious writings evince an intense fascination with Christian themes, yet Abulafia’s frequent diatribes against Jesus and Christianity reveal him to be deeply conflicted in his relationship to his southern European religious neighbors. This book undertakes a careful study of Abulafia’s writings, suggesting that the recognition of an inner dynamic of attraction and revulsion toward the forbidden other provides a crucial key to understanding Abulafia’s mystical hermeneutic and his meditative practice. It also demonstrates that Abulafia's uneasy relationship to Christianity shaped the very core of his mystical doctrine
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004194465.i-384
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