A History of Kabbalah

Garb, Jonathan

doi:10.1017/9781316597071

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Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness

Jindo

2024

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This book offers a selective, typological overview of Jewish perspectives on the belief in God's oneness. To achieve this, the author divides the history of Judaism into four phases - biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern - and presents diverse models for understanding the reality of divine oneness within each phase. These models not only offers insight into different perspectives on the topic but also illuminate diverse layers of polemical discourse in the Jewish tradition, whether internal or in dialogue with other religions and worldviews. In addition, the author invites readers to consider how to think about the plurality of the perspectives at hand, and if and how such meta-reflection can enrich the lives of contemporary readers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. No prior knowledge of Judaism is necessary.

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Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness

Jindo

2024

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Vitalism and panpsychism in the philosophy of Anne Conway

Branscum

2023

British Journal for the History of Philosophy

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The discourse of awe in the traditions recorded in the name of the Baal Shem Tov inSefer Degel Mahaneh Ephraim: A distant reading leading to a close reading

Sachs-Shmueli

2022

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

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This article aims at deciphering distinctive theological characteristics attributed to the legendary founder of Hasidism, Israel Baal Shem Tov (the BeShT), as documented by his Grandson, Moshe Haim Ephraim of Sudylkow. To achieve this objective, I will apply a combination of statistical tools of distant reading with textual analysis of close reading; a first attempt of such a kind in the research of Jewish Mysticism. It will reveal singular characteristics of the reported teachings of the BeShT, while distinguishing them from the textual corpus into which they were integrated, Sefer Degel Mahaneh Ephraim. Contrary to the common portrait of the BeSht as an optimistic preacher focusing mainly on joy and positive appraisal of human sinful conditions, fear of sin is a dominant emotional component in his ethos as documented by his Grandson. Fear and awe function as formative catalyzers of personal religious change. Indeed, he does focus on the mental aspects of divine service and the revelatory character of man’s thoughts, but a sense of trembling and anxiety of sin stands at the core of these discussions. This study demonstrates how the study of Jewish textual traditions may benefit from applying statistical analysis when intertwined with classical methods of close reading.

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A History of Kabbalah

Cited by 6 publications

References 232 publications

Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness

Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness

Vitalism and panpsychism in the philosophy of Anne Conway

The discourse of awe in the traditions recorded in the name of the Baal Shem Tov inSefer Degel Mahaneh Ephraim: A distant reading leading to a close reading

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