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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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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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