Studies in Jewish Myth and Messianism

Yehuda Liebes

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This book deals with the nature and development of Jewish myth from the Talmudic period through Kabbalah to Hasidism. It describes the changes in this... Lees meer

Sod Ha-Shabbat

Elliot K Ginsburg

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• The Sabbath has been one of the most significant and beloved institutions of Jewish life since late antiquity. Over a period of several centuries, the... Lees meer

Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook

Benjamin Ish-Shalom

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This is the first comprehensive philosophical-theological study of the mystical thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the Chief Rabbi of Pa... Lees meer

Studies in the Zohar

Yehuda Liebes

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This book deals with the "Book of Splendor" (Sefer ha-Zohar), the greatest achievement of Kabbalah and one of the most influential sources of Western ... Lees meer

The Enlightened Will Shine

Pinchas Giller

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This book analyzes the use of symbolism and theurgy in two sections of the Zohar, the central text of the kabbalah. These compositions, Tiqqunei ha-Zo... Lees meer

The Books of Contemplation

Mark Verman

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• The earliest medieval Jewish mystical writings, or kabbalah, date from the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. This is the first book to focu... Lees meer

The Hidden and Manifest God

Peter Schäfer

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysti... Lees meer

Gershom Scholem

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• In the early part of the twentieth century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) founded the academic discipline of the study of Jewish Mysticism. In so doing,... Lees meer

God's Voice from the Void

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• New and classic explorations of the work of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, a major Hasidic thinker, using a wide range of approaches. Rabbi Nahman of Brats... Lees meer

Esther in Medieval Garb

Barry Dov Walfish

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This comprehensive history, the first to appear in English, gives a vivid portrayal of the Book of Esther's role in the intellectual and cultural life... Lees meer

The Binding of Isaac and Messiah

Agus

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• The author provides an interpretation of the words of Jews living during the intertestamental period and through the third century, including several ... Lees meer

Ishmael on the Border

Carol Bakhos

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Explores rabbinic views of Ishmael, the biblical figure seen as the first Arab. Ishmael on the Border is an in-depth study of the rabbinic treatment o... Lees meer

Studies in the Zohar

Yehuda Liebes

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This book deals with the "Book of Splendor" (Sefer ha-Zohar), the greatest achievement of Kabbalah and one of the most influential sources of Western ... Lees meer

An Episode of Jewish Romanticism

Ernest Rubinstein

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Assesses the impact of romanticism on the thought of Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig. Examining romanticism in the thought of Jewish philosopher, ... Lees meer

A Rivalry of Genius

Marc Hirshman

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Compares Rabbinic midrash and Patristic exegesis in late antiquity and provides an introduction to the various forms of Patristic literature. By compa... Lees meer

Ishmael on the Border

Carol Bakhos

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Explores rabbinic views of Ishmael, the biblical figure seen as the first Arab. Ishmael on the Border is an in-depth study of the rabbinic treatment o... Lees meer

Tradition and Fantasy in the Tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav

Ora Wiskind-Elper

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Considers the tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav within a broad cultural milieu, including the romanticism of Reb Nahman's time, contemporary feminist he... Lees meer

Between Worlds

Hava Tirosh-Rothschild

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• It is a work of sound scholarship dealing with an interesting historical figure and his unique cultural world. The author focuses correctly on the tra... Lees meer

Philosopher and Prophet

Yochanan Silman

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Relates the various strata of Halevi's Book of Kuzari to the different periods of Halevi's philosophical development. This book is the first to descri... Lees meer

An Introduction to the Kabbalah

Moshe Hallamish

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Provides an introduction to the world of the Kabbalah, focusing on both the Kabbalist as a person and the major teachings of the Kabbalah. This book a... Lees meer

Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment

Allan Arkush

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• Moses Mendelssohn, the author of numerous works on natural theology and ethics, was also the first modern philosopher of Judaism. This book places Men... Lees meer

Between Kant and Kabbalah

Alan L Mittleman

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• This is the first full-length, systematic study in English of Isaac Breuer, a founder of Agudat Israel, whose intellectual achievements reflected the ... Lees meer

The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• A collection of essays focusing on myth in Judaism from biblical to modern times, this book offers a sense of the great diversity of the Jewish religi... Lees meer

The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia

Moshe Idel

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
• The first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. This book represents the first wide-scale presentati... Lees meer