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OverviewExplores the literary, philosophical, and cultural implications of Cabala during the Renaissance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip BeitchmanPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.671kg ISBN: 9780791437377ISBN 10: 079143737 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 09 April 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface 1. In the Beginning Scholem and Benjamin The Zohar The Two Sources of Morality and Religion Losing the Reader Exile and the Bride of Sabbath Lilith and the Shekinah Cabala and the Medieval Manichees People of the Book Cabala as Rhizome The One and the Two Many 2. The Secret of Agrippa Pico's Conclusions Reuchlin's Art Cabala between Freud and Jung Agrippa's Open Secret Agrippa and His Shadow The Two Laws Cabala as Fad Cabala as Beginning The Paradox of Secrecy 3. Bibliographoca Kabbalistica Topics in Cabala The Dissemination of Cabala Cabala as Motif 4. The Kiss of the Spouse, Cabala in England (1497-1700) Cabala, Shakespeare, and The School of Night The Cabals of the Age if Elizabeth (H)Enoch Clapham Redivivus--Ancient Theology and the Protestant Preacher The Other John Davies Inebriation as Ascent The Occult Sir Thomas Browne Cabala in the Baroque Renaissance Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis is a work revealing great erudition, and takes us into many hidden byways. It is, as the author suggests, a 'rhizome' of a book. Full of unexpected connections and information, Alchemy of the Word is a solid contribution to the still all-too-neglected field. - Arthur Versluis, Michigan State University """This is a work revealing great erudition, and takes us into many hidden byways. It is, as the author suggests, a 'rhizome' of a book. Full of unexpected connections and information, Alchemy of the Word is a solid contribution to the still all-too-neglected field."" - Arthur Versluis, Michigan State University" Author InformationPhilip Beitchman, author of I Am a Process With No Subject, has also translated books by Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio from French to English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |