ISBN:
978-1-906764-62-3
,
1-906764-62-X
Language:
English
Pages:
214 Seiten
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2016
Series Statement:
The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Uniform Title:
Shavru et ha-kelim
Keywords:
Geschichte 1500-1700
;
Cabala / History
;
Cabala and Christianity
;
Cabala
;
Cabala and Christianity
;
Geschichte
;
Kabbala
;
Judentum
;
Kabbala
;
Geschichte 1500-1700
;
Kabbala
;
Judentum
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Translated and abridged from Hebrew
