Moses Maimonides on the Holy Spirit

Afterman, Adam

doi:10.1086/707546

The Journal of Religion

2020

DOI: 10.1086/707546

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Moses Maimonides on the Holy Spirit

Adam Afterman

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“Jewish Meditation Reconsidered”: Hitbodedut as a Meditative Practice and Its Transmission from the Egyptian Pietists to the Hasidic Masters

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2024

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This research challenges the prevailing consensus in the field of Jewish meditation that there is no longstanding tradition of Jewish meditation, but rather a plethora of independent, unrelated techniques. By applying a context-sensitive research methodology, this study reconsiders the common understanding of Hitbodedut as ‘concentration’ and suggests instead a new view of Hitbodedut as a three-step solitary meditation technique, used as a means for Devekut (cleave to God). Drawing on the work of past scholars, this research demonstrates the potential transmission of Hitbodedut from the school of Jewish Egyptian Pietists to the 13th-century Kabbalists of Acre, then to the 16th-century Kabbalists of Safed, and eventually to 18th-century Hasidism.

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“Jewish Meditation Reconsidered”: Hitbodedut as a Meditative Practice and Its Transmission from the Egyptian Pietists to the Hasidic Masters

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2024

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Moses Maimonides on the Holy Spirit

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“Jewish Meditation Reconsidered”: Hitbodedut as a Meditative Practice and Its Transmission from the Egyptian Pietists to the Hasidic Masters

“Jewish Meditation Reconsidered”: Hitbodedut as a Meditative Practice and Its Transmission from the Egyptian Pietists to the Hasidic Masters

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