From metaphysics to midrash: myth, history, and the interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala
Kabbala, new historicism, and the question of boundaries -- The Lurianic myth: a playbill -- Genesis: "And Adam's sin was (very) great": original sin in Lurianic exegesis -- Exodus: The "other" Israel: the erev rav (mixed multitude) as conversos -- Leviticus: The sin of beco...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]
Indiana Univ. Press
c 2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Series/Journal: | Indiana studies in biblical literature
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lurya, Yitsḥaḳ ben Shelomoh 1534-1572
/ Safad
/ Kaballah
B Torah / Reception / Kaballah B Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch / Myth / Zohar / Kaballah B Judaism / Conversion (Religion) / Proselyte / Christianity |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Tsefat (Israel)
Religion 16th century
B Luria, Isaac ben Solomon (1534-1572) B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc, Jewish B Cabala History B Bible. Pentateuch Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish B Other (Philosophy) B Tsefat (Israel) Religion 16th century B Metaphysics B Luria, Isaac ben Solomon 1534-1572 |
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| Summary: | Kabbala, new historicism, and the question of boundaries -- The Lurianic myth: a playbill -- Genesis: "And Adam's sin was (very) great": original sin in Lurianic exegesis -- Exodus: The "other" Israel: the erev rav (mixed multitude) as conversos -- Leviticus: The sin of becoming a woman: male homosexuality and the castration complex -- Numbers: Balaam, Moses, and the prophecy of the "other": a Lurianic vision for the erasure of difference -- Deuteronomy: the human and/as God: divine incarnation and the "image of God |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index |
| ISBN: | 0253350883 |