| Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: The Other Side of Kabbalah Contributor(s): Berman, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004386181 ISBN-13: 9789004386181 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $248.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings |
| Series: IJS Studies in Judaica |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nathaniel Berman's Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: The "Other Side" of Kabbalah offers a new approach to the central work of Jewish mysticism, the Sefer Ha-Zohar ("Book of Radiance"). Berman explicates the literary techniques through which the Zohar constructs a mythology of intricately related divine and demonic personae. Drawing on classical and modern rhetorical paradigms, as well as psychoanalytical theories of the formation of subjectivity, Berman reinterprets the meaning of the Zohar's divine and demonic personae, exploring their shared origins and their ongoing antagonisms and intimacies. Finally, he shows how the Zoharic portrayal of the demonic, the "Other Side," contributes to reflecting on alterity of all kinds. |