A Guide to the Zohar,9780804749084

A Guide to the Zohar

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ISBN13: 9780804749084
ISBN10: 0804749086
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): Stanford Univ Pr
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Summary

The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching, and the basis of the kabbalistic faith. It is, however, a notoriously difficult text, full of hidden codes, concealed meanings, obscure symbols, and ecstatic expression. This illuminating study, based upon the last several decades of modern Zohar scholarship, unravels the historical and intellectual origins of this rich text and provides an excellent introduction to its themes, complex symbolism, narrative structure, and language. A Guide to the Zohar is thus an invaluable companion to the Zohar itself, as well as a useful resource for scholars and students interested in mystical literature, particularly that of the west, from the Middle Ages to the present.

Author Biography

Arthur Green is the Philip W. Lown Professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University. A historian of Judaism and also a theologian, Professor Green is the author of a number of works on Jewish mysticism and Jewish spirituality.

Table of Contents

Diagram of the Ten Sefirot ix
Preface xi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Prologue
3(6)
2 The Kabbalistic Tradition: A Brief History Until the Zohar
9(19)
3 Teachings of the Kabbalists:The Ten Sefirot
28(35)
PART II WHAT IS THE ZOHAR?
4 The Zohar: Midrash on the Torah
63(8)
5 The Zohar Narrative
71(6)
6 Mysticism of the Zohar
77(9)
7 The Zohar in Historical Context
86(15)
PART III SELECTED THEMES WITHIN THE ZOHAR
8 Creation and Origins
101(8)
9 Between Worlds
109(7)
10 Evil and the Demonic
116(6)
11 Torah and Revelation
122(4)
12 The Commandments
126(8)
13 Avodah: The Life of Worship
134(11)
14 The Tsaddiq and the Life of Piety
145(6)
15 The Jewish People, Exile, and Messiah
151(8)
PART IV THE ZOHAR AS TEXT
16 Special Sections of the Zohar
159(3)
17 The Question of Authorship
162(7)
18 The Language of the Zohar
169(5)
19 Editing and Printing of the Zohar
174(4)
20 Influence and Canonization of the Zohar
178(11)
Bibliography 189

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