Mirror of His Beauty: The Femininity of God in Jewish Mysticism and in Christianity
The author investigates the Kabbalistic idea that God has a female potency, Shekhina, and locates its development in twelfth century Provence. The reason for the origin of this idea has puzzled scholars. What is proposed here is an approach which has been virtually ignored — the influence of the str...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2005
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2005, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-59 |
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