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A journey into the Zohar :

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1438430531

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1438430558

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1441648798

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9781438430539

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9781438430553

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9781441648792

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143843054X

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9781438430539

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9781438430546

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9781438430553

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Title Proper

A journey into the Zohar :

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[Book]

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an introduction to The book of radiance /

First Statement of Responsibility

Nathan Wolski.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany, NY :

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State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and indexes.

Text of Note

The way of the Zohar -- In the mountains of Kurdistan : reading Torah with the companions -- In the image of God -- The magical book in the cave of souls -- "Feast friends and drink, drink deeply o lovers" : Rabbi Yeisa the younger on wine and the divine flow -- Pearls in a beggar's wallet : the Zohar reads Kohelet -- Midnight in the garden of delight -- The great chain of being and the light of the world -- Rabbi Hiyya, Rabbi Yose and the merchants in the cave : the mystical poetics of Zoharic narrative -- The palace of love -- Appendix: the sefirot and their symbols.

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"The crowning work of medieval Kabbalah, the Zohar is unlike any other work in the Jewish canon. Written in Aramaic, the Zohar contains complex mystical exegesis as well as a delightful epic narrative about the Companions - a group of sages who wander through second-century Israel discussing the Torah while encountering children, donkey drivers, and other surprising figures who reveal profound mysteries to them. Nathan Wolski offers original translations of episodes involving this mystical fellowship and goes on to provide a sustained reading of each. With particular emphasis on the literary and performative dimensions of the composition, Wolski takes the reader on a journey through the central themes and motifs of the zoharic world: kabbalistic hermeneutics, the structure of divinity, the nature of the soul, and, above all, the experiential core of the Zohar - the desire to be saturated and intoxicated with the flowing fluids of divinity. A Journey into the Zohar opens the mysterious, wondrous, and at times bewildering universe of one of the masterpieces of world mystical literature to a wider community of scholars, students, and general readers alike."--Jacket.

Title

Journey into the Zohar.

International Standard Book Number

9781438430539

Zohar.

Zohar.

Cabala.

Mysticism-- Judaism.

Cabala.

Mysticism-- Judaism.

RELIGION-- Judaism-- Kabbalah & Mysticism.

REL-- 040060

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Edition

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Wolski, Nathan.

Date of Transaction

20201204230812.0

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