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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dauber, Jonathan
Titre(s) : Secrecy and esoteric writing in kabbalistic literature [Texte imprimé] / Jonathan V. Dauber
Publication : Philadelphia (Pa.) : University of Pennsylvania press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-291 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Jewish culture and contexts
Lien à la collection : Jewish culture and contexts
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [263]-282. Index
"This book examines the strategies of esoteric writing that Kabbalists have used to
conceal secrets in their writings, such that casual readers will only understand the
surface meaning of their texts while those with greater insight will grasp the internal
meaning. In addition to a broad description of esoteric writing throughout the long
literary history of Kabbalah, this work analyzes kabbalistic secrecy in light of contemporary
theories of secrecy. It also presents case studies of esoteric writing in the work
of four of the first Kabbalistic authors and thereby helps recast our understanding
of the earliest stages of kabbalistic literary history. The book will interest scholars
in Jewish mysticism and Jewish philosophy, as well as to those working in medieval
Jewish history. Throughout the book, author Jonathan V. Dauber has endeavored to write
an accessible work that does not require extensive prior knowledge of kabbalistic
thought. Accordingly, it finds points of contact between scholars of various religious
traditions"
Sujet(s) : Kabbale -- Histoire
Secret -- Judaïsme
Littérature juive -- Ésotérisme
Indice(s) Dewey :
296.16 (23e éd.) = Écrits cabalistiques (judaïsme)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-5128-2274-8 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470761160
Notice n° :
FRBNF47076116
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction. The writing of Secrets ; Secrets and Secretism ; A Typology of Esoteric
Writing in Kabbalistic Literature ; Abraham ben David as an Esoteric Writer ; Isaac
the Blind's Literary Legacy ; Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona as an Esoteric Writer ;
Esotericism and Divine Unity in Asher ben David.
