| "And They Shall Be One Flesh" on the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism Contributor(s): Afterman, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004328726 ISBN-13: 9789004328723 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism - Philosophy - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Series: Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In "And They Shall Be One Flesh" On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, Adam Afterman offers an extensive study of mystical union and embodiment in Judaism. Afterman argues that Philo was the first to articulate the notion of unio mystica in Judaism and is the source of the henōsis mysticism in the later Neoplatonic tradition. The study provides a detailed analysis of the Jewish medieval trends that developed different forms of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the divine name and spirit. The book argues that the development of unitive mysticism in Judaism is the fruit of the creative synthesis of rabbinic Judaism and Hellenistic and Arab philosophy, and a natural outcome of the theological articulation of the idea of monotheism itself. |