From fear to awe in Luzzatto's Mesillat Yesharim
Perhaps the key term in musar writing is yir’ah. In early modern musar texts, usually incorporating kabbalistic discourse, this term is rendered as 'fear'. A striking exception is R. Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto’s Mesillat Yesharim, arguably one of the canonical texts of Jewish modernity. A close...
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Lutsaṭo, Mosheh Ḥayim 1707-1747, Mesîllat yešārîm
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R. Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto
B Mesillat Yesharim B Fear B Morality B Mysticism B Piety B Sin B Awe |
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