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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10143843054X
ISBN-139781438430546
eBay Product ID (ePID)14038832302
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Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameJourney Into the Zohar : an Introduction to the Book of Radiance
LanguageEnglish
SubjectJudaism / Sacred Writings, Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism / General, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorNathan Wolski
Subject AreaReligion
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2009-022695
ReviewsWith a poet’s heart and a scholar’s mind, Nathan Wolski guides us through the Zohar—the masterpiece of Kabbalah—revealing its wonder and mystery. His translations of these mystical narratives are superb, conveying the potency of the original Aramaic. His commentary reveals the ancient secrets with exquisite sensitivity. Readers who have been daunted by the Zohar now have a gateway and a path.” — Daniel Matt, translator and editor of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition Wolski’s book is elegantly written, erudite, and enlightening. It makes available to a much wider audience the kinds of religious thinking that went into the production of the Zohar. There is no book like it in English, and as an original commentary on the Zohar, it will have lasting value.” — Joel Hecker, author of Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals: Eating and Embodiment in Medieval Kabbalah
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal296.1/62
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Note on Translation 1. The Way of the Zohar 2. In the Mountains of Kurdistan: Reading Torah with the Companions 3. In the Image of God 4. The Magical Book in the Cave of Souls 5. "Feast Friends and Drink, Drink Deeply O Lovers": Rabbi Yeisa the Younger on Wine and the Divine Flow 6. Pearls in a Beggar's Wallet: The Zohar Reads Kohelet 7. Midnight in the Garden of Delight 8. The Great Chain of Being and the Light of the World 9. Rabbi Hiyya, Rabbi Yose, and the Merchants in the Cave: The Mystical Poetics of Zoharic Narrative 10. The Palace of Love Appendix: The Sefirot and Their Symbols Notes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe crowning work of medieval Kabbalah, the Zohar is unlike any other work in the Jewish canon. Written in Aramaic, the Zohar contains complex mystical exegesis as well as the story of the Companions--a group of sages who wander through second-century Israel discussing the Torah while meeting up with children, donkey drivers, and various types who have spiritual lessons for them. Nathan Wolski offers original translations of episodes involving this mystical fellowship and goes on to provide a sustained reading of each. With particular emphasis on the literary and performative dimensions of the composition, Wolski takes the reader on a journey through the central themes and motifs of the zoharic world: kabbalistic hermeneutics, the structure of divinity, the nature of the soul and above all, the experiential core of the Zohar--the desire to be saturated and intoxicated with the flowing fluids of divinity. A Journey into the Zohar opens the mysterious, wondrous and at times bewildering universe of one of the masterpieces of world mystical literature to a wider community of scholars, students, and general readers alike., An introduction to the Zohar, the crowning work of medieval Kabbalah. Includes original translations and analysis. The crowning work of medieval Kabbalah, the Zohar is unlike any other work in the Jewish canon. Written in Aramaic, the Zohar contains complex mystical exegesis as well as the story of the Companions-a group of sages who wander through second-century Israel discussing the Torah while meeting up with children, donkey drivers, and various types who have spiritual lessons for them. Nathan Wolski offers original translations of episodes involving this mystical fellowship and goes on to provide a sustained reading of each. With particular emphasis on the literary and performative dimensions of the composition, Wolski takes the reader on a journey through the central themes and motifs of the zoharic world: kabbalistic hermeneutics, the structure of divinity, the nature of the soul and above all, the experiential core of the Zohar-the desire to be saturated and intoxicated with the flowing fluids of divinity. A Journey into the Zohar opens the mysterious, wondrous and at times bewildering universe of one of the masterpieces of world mystical literature to a wider community of scholars, students, and general readers alike., An introduction to the Zohar, the crowning work of medieval Kabbalah. Includes original translations and analysis.
LC Classification NumberBM525.A59W65 2010
