The Mud and the Water: Towards a History of a Simile in Kabbalah
The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect...
| Published in: | Zutot |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2017
|
| In: |
Zutot
|
| Further subjects: | B
Joseph ibn Tabul
Hayyim Vital
Lurianic Kabbalah
evil
tzimtzum
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect of this Kabbalah, turns to be quite an exoteric teaching shared by several kabbalists since the 13th century. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1875-0214 |
| Contains: | In: Zutot
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18750214-12341285 |