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Authors: Byron L. Sherwin
ISBN-13: 9780742543638, ISBN-10: 0742543633
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: March 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Byron L. Sherwin

Book Synopsis

Byron Sherwin's book is a primer for course-work and for those seeking to understand Jewish mysticism on its own terms, Kabbalah provides a comprehensive, accessible introduction to Jewish mysticism, organized around five models of Jewish mystical theology and experience: Normal Mysticism, Mystical Intimacy, Addressing God's Needs, Drawing Down Divine Grace, and Prophetic Kabbalah. Sherwin's Kabbalah: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism is a scholarly, yet accessible work that includes primary texts in translation.

Table of Contents

1Entering the orchard : an invitation to Jewish mysticism1
2Five models of Jewish mystical experience13
3Normal mysticism29
4Access codes : the Sefirot47
5Mystical intimacy85
6Addressing God's needs105
7Drawing down divine grace119
8Prophetic Kabbalah135
9Combined models : religious life163
10Combined models : magic and messianic redemption197

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