| Moshe Idel: Representing God Contributor(s): Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava (Editor), Hughes, Aaron W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004280790 ISBN-13: 9789004280793 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $38.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 296.311 |
| Series: Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moshe Idel, the Max Cooper Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute, is a world-renowned scholar of the Jewish mystical tradition. His historical and phenomenological studies of rabbinic, philosophic, kabbalistic, and Hasidic texts have transformed modern understanding of Jewish intellectual history and highlighted the close relationship between magic, mysticism, and liturgy. A recipient of two of the most prestigious awards in Israel, the Israel Prize for Jewish Thought (1999) and the Emmet Prize for Jewish Thought (2002), Idel's numerous studies uncovered persistent patterns of Jewish religious thought that challenge conventional interpretations of Jewish monotheism, while offering a pluralistic understanding of Judaism. His explorations of the mythical, theurgical, mystical, and messianic dimensions of Judaism have been attentive of history, sociology, and anthropology, while rejecting a na ve historicist approach to Judaism. |