The Scandal of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice 0691162158, 9780691162157

The Scandal of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice [Course Book ed.] 9781400840007

The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and conti

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Kabbalah in Print: The Study and Popularization of Jewish Mysticism in Early Modernity 1438479719, 9781438479712

How did Jewish mysticism go from arcane knowledge to popular spirituality? Kabbalah in Print examines the cultural impac

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Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship 9780814732885

Over the past generation, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the diverse forms that Jewish mysticism has take

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The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice 1107165148, 9781107165144

Dana E. Katz examines the Jewish ghetto of Venice as a paradox of urban space. In 1516, the Senate established the ghett

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Working women of early modern Venice 9780801864858

In this groundbreaking book, Monica Chojnacka argues that the women of early modern Venice occupied a more socially powe

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Jewish Mysticism

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The essential kabbalah: the heart of jewish mysticism 9780062048134, 0062048139, 0-06-251164-5, 0-06-251163-7

A translation of the Kabbalah for the layperson includes a compact presentation of each primary text and features a prac

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Imagery Techniques in Modern Jewish Mysticism 3110533944, 9783110533941

This book analyzes and describes the development and aspects of imagery techniques, a primary mode of mystical experienc

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Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul 1472950984, 9781472950987

Harry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography and The Murderous History of Bible Translations , explores the mysteri

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Imagery Techniques in Modern Jewish Mysticism 3110533944, 9783110533941

This book analyzes and describes the development and aspects of imagery techniques, a primary mode of mystical experienc

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