Description: Very good condition In this book, the world’s foremost scholar of Kabbalah explores the understanding of erotic love in Jewish mystical thought. Encompassing Jewish mystical literatures from those of late antiquity to works of Polish Hasidism, Moshe Idel highlights the diversity of Kabbalistic views on eros and distinguishes between the major forms of eroticism. The author traces the main developments of a religious formula that reflects the union between a masculine divine attribute and a feminine divine attribute, and he asks why such an “erotic formula” was incorporated into the Jewish prayer book. Idel shows how Kabbalistic literature was influenced not only by rabbinic literature but also by Greek thought that helped introduce a wider understanding of eros. Addressing topics ranging from cosmic eros and androgyneity to the affinity between C. J. Jung and Kabbalah to feminist thought, Idel’s deeply learned study will be of consuming interest to scholars of religion, Judaism, and feminism.
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EAN: 9780300108323
ISBN: 9780300108323
Book Title: Kabbalah and Eros by Idel, Moshe
UPC: 9780300108323
MPN: N/A
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: Kabbalah and Eros
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: Love & Romance, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Sexuality & Gender Studies
Item Height: 1.3 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 27 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Moshe Idel
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Religion
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Hardcover
