Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roni WeinsteinPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Edition: abridged edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.368kg ISBN: 9781906764623ISBN 10: 190676462 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 19 May 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Introduction: A Social Historian Looks at Early Modern Kabbalah 1 A New God: The Theological Innovation 2 Like Giants on the Shoulders of Dwarfs: The Rise of the Jewish Saint 3 Religious Confraternities 4 'From my body I shall envision God': The Body and Sexuality 5 Sin and Repentance: The Jewish Confession 6 Another God. Catholic Tradition in Safed Kabbalah: The Sephardi--Conversos Link 7 Summary: Kabbalah of Safed and Modernity Bibliography IndexReviews'A significant, provocative contribution to the literature.' S.T. Katz, Choice 'A truly impressive impressive of original and seminal scholarship ... extraordinarily informative, exceptionally well-written, organized, and presented, making it unreservedly recommended for both academia as well as non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.' Midwest Book Review FROM REVIEWS OF THE HEBREW EDITION 'Roni Weinstein challenges the common assumption that the kabbalistic world-view owes its popularity to its theological and metaphysical content. Rather, he argues, the social context of kabbalistic thought is at least as significant. Weinstein has written an exciting and groundbreaking book which raises important new questions. If he is correct, his book is a landmark breakthrough.' from the citation for the Goren-Gottstein Prize for the Best Book in Jewish Thought 2010-2012 FROM REVIEWS OF THE HEBREW EDITION 'Weinstein brings a totally fresh approach to the subject ... his understanding of kabbalistic texts as a window into the cultural, social, and psychological realities of the beginning of the modern period ... enables them to be perceived, for the first time, in the wider context of early modern Mediterranean society ... From this perspective, the kabbalistic texts developed in Safed are not so much the continuation of an earlier tradition but a response to the process of modernization that dominated the period in a way that changed every reality... Weinstein's explanation of why it was that kabbalah developed in the time and place that it did is convincing ... Overflowing with original ideas, his work offers a breakthrough that can be considered revolutionary. His connecting the development of kabbalah to the development of modernity makes this a very modern book... eminently readable because it contextualizes palpable human concerns within the broad intellectual panorama of the times rather than limiting itself to the confines of kabbalah studies or Jewish thought .' Jonathan Garb, Zion FROM REVIEWS OF THE HEBREW EDITION`Weinstein brings a totally fresh approach to the subject . . . his understanding of kabbalistic texts as a window into the cultural, social, and psychological realities of the beginning of the modern period . . . enables them to be perceived, for the first time, in the wider context of early modern Mediterranean society . . . From this perspective, the kabbalistic texts developed in Safed are not so much the continuation of an earlier tradition but a response to the process of modernization that dominated the period in a way that changed every reality. . . . Weinstein's explanation of why it was that kabbalah developed in the time and place that it did is convincing . . . Overflowing with original ideas, his work offers a breakthrough that can be considered revolutionary. His connecting the development of kabbalah to the development of modernity makes this a very modern book. . . . eminently readable because it contextualizes palpable human concerns within the broad intellectual panorama of the times rather than limiting itself to the confines of kabbalah studies or Jewish thought .'- Jonathan Garb, Zion FROM REVIEWS OF THE HEBREW EDITION`Roni Weinstein challenges the common assumption that the kabbalistic world-view owes its popularity to its theological and metaphysical content. Rather, he argues, the social context of kabbalistic thought is at least as significant. Weinstein has written an exciting and groundbreaking book which raises important new questions. If he is correct, his book is a landmark breakthrough.' - from the citation for the Goren-Gottstein Prize for the Best Book in Jewish Thought 2010-2012 'A truly impressive impressive of original and seminal scholarship . . . extraordinarily informative, exceptionally well-written, organized, and presented, making it unreservedly recommended for both academia as well as non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.'- Midwest Book Review 'A significant, provocative contribution to the literature.'- S.T. Katz, Choice Author InformationRoni Weinstein teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has published extensively on various aspects of Jewish life in Renaissance and early modern Italy. In recent years he has been researching processes of modernization among the Jews of the Mediterranean basin, and particularly as related to migration, religious reform, mystical activity, halakhic innovations, and the spread of new ideas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
