The Mud and the Water: Towards a History of a Simile in Kabbalah
The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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Zutot
Jahr: 2017, Band: 14, Heft: 1, Seiten: 64-72 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Joseph ibn Tabul
Hayyim Vital
Lurianic Kabbalah
evil
tzimtzum
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| Zusammenfassung: | The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect of this Kabbalah, turns to be quite an exoteric teaching shared by several kabbalists since the 13th century. |
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| ISSN: | 1875-0214 |
| Enthält: | In: Zutot
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18750214-12341285 |