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Kabbalah » (1st Edition)
Authors: Byron L. Sherwin
ISBN-13: 9780742543645, ISBN-10: 0742543641
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
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
| 1 | Entering the orchard : an invitation to Jewish mysticism | 1 |
| 2 | Five models of Jewish mystical experience | 13 |
| 3 | Normal mysticism | 29 |
| 4 | Access codes : the Sefirot | 47 |
| 5 | Mystical intimacy | 85 |
| 6 | Addressing God's needs | 105 |
| 7 | Drawing down divine grace | 119 |
| 8 | Prophetic Kabbalah | 135 |
| 9 | Combined models : religious life | 163 |
| 10 | Combined models : magic and messianic redemption | 197 |
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