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The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2019
This article discusses one of the most important conceptions in Jewish mysticism, according to which the fi rst manifestation of the incomprehensible God is an anthropomorphic structure of light, termed the Primordial Man (Heb. Adam Kadmon).
Konstantin Burmistrov
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Messianic ideas in Jewish mysticism

Nordisk Judaistik, 1991
The Jewish belief in a final redemption brought about by a kingly messiah, the descendant of the dynasty of King David, emerged in biblical times under specific historical and ideological circumstances which are gone long ago.
Karl Erich Grözinger
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Introduction: Religion, Experience, and Narrative

Religions, 2021
At the end of his famous book Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, Gershom Scholem points to the important role stories have played in Hasidism, the latest phase in Jewish Mysticism, and he closes his lectures with the following story: When the Baal Shem ...
Ulrike Popp-Baier
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Air and Breathing in Medieval Jewish Mysticism

Poligrafi, 2023
This essay is a study of the element of air and the process of breathing in light of the medieval book of Zohar and related aspects of the broader Jewish tradition.
Michael Marder
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The Names of God in Jewish Mysticism [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2014
The concept of the names of God and their role in the creation and existence of the world, as well as the practice of their veneration constitute an essential part of Judaism in general, and are elaborated in detail in Jewish mysticism.
Konstantin Burmistrov, Maria Endel
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Elements of Merkābāh Mysticism in the Targum Jonathan to the Book of Ezekiel

Collectanea Theologica, 2023
The chariot-shaped throne of God in the heavens (merkābāh) from Ezekiel’s visions (Ezek 1; 10) was the subject of the earliest Jewish mystical speculation.
Marek Parchem
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Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View

Religions, 2022
The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those.
Tomer Persico
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“Mystical Spirituality” in Second Temple Period Judaism? Light from the Decorated Stone in the Magdala Synagogue

Religions, 2022
While “Merkavah mysticism” as a religious movement is a phenomenon of Late Ancient and Medieval Judaism, scholars have debated whether the origins of this movement are traceable to traditions of the divine Merkavah (chariot-throne) preserved in some ...
Wally V. Cirafesi
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The Study and Review of Single Experience [PDF]

پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2020
Philosophy of mysticism is a branch of philosophy and one of the topics of interest to studies of mysticism. In this field are proposed three theories of constructivism, philosophia perennis, and non-intentionality.
BakhshAli Ghanbari
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Messianic Footsteps in the Third Solitude: Canadian Jewish Mysticism in Tosher Hasidism

Canadian Jewish Studies, 2017
Critics have suggested that in Canadian literature there are “two solitudes” of Anglophone and Francophone linguistic and ethnic clusters, which give way to the unique “third solitude” of Montreal Jewry.
Aubrey Glazer
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