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...

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Main Author: Idel, Moshe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Zutot
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-72
Further subjects:B Joseph ibn Tabul Hayyim Vital Lurianic Kabbalah evil tzimtzum
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