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Messianic ideas in Jewish mysticism
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
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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Elements of Merkābāh Mysticism in the Targum Jonathan to the Book of Ezekiel
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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The Names of God in Jewish Mysticism [PDF]
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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Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View
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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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]
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
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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Beyond the Scope of Philosophy and Kabbalah
The turn of the thirteenth century is a formative period for the historiography of medieval Jewish thought. These years saw the dissemination of the Hebrew translations of the Maimonidean corpus, alongside the simultaneous appearance of the first ...
Tzahi Weiss
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“Spinoza is without any doubt a kabbalist”: on previously unknown translation of the book Elucadrius Cabbalisticus (“Explanation of Kabbalah”) by Johann Wachter [PDF]
This article is devoted to the previously unknown translation of the book of the German philosopher Johann Wachter Elucidarius cabbalisticus. This book deals with philosophy of Benedict Spinoza, which the author understands in connection with Jewish ...
Maria Endel
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