Human-Animal Reincarnation and Animal Grief in Kabbalah: Joseph of Hamadan’s Contribution

In thirteenth-century Castile, the kabbalist R. Joseph of Hamadan offered an unprecedented articulation of the idea of reincarnation (gilgul), proposing that Jewish men could be reborn as gentiles, women, or even animals. This article studies the formation of the Jewish belief in the transmigration...

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Main Author: Sachs-Shmueli, Leore (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-56
Further subjects:B Animals
B Souls
B Reincarnation
B Sin
B Kabbalah
B slaughter
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