Light is sown : the cultivation of Kabbalah in medieval Castile /

In a monograph-length study of the theological journey of Moses ben Shemtov de León of Guadalajara, self-proclaimed 'Light of the West' & presumed writer of the Zohar, the kabbalah's crowning literary achievement, Avishai Bar-Asher & Jeremy Phillip Brown reach bold new conclu...

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Hauptverfasser:
Bar-Asher, Avishai, Brown, Jeremy P.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
In a monograph-length study of the theological journey of Moses ben Shemtov de León of Guadalajara, self-proclaimed 'Light of the West' & presumed writer of the Zohar, the kabbalah's crowning literary achievement, Avishai Bar-Asher & Jeremy Phillip Brown reach bold new conclusions about the kabbalah's prominence in medieval Castile. Through rigorous examinations of fragmentary texts inaccessible to scholars previously, the authors unearth critical insights about de León, specifically his regimens of pious living, discourse on gender, understanding of the Hebrew language, & signature thirteen-fold speculation. Bar-Asher & Brown correlate the large body of de León's Hebrew writings with the canonical Zohar, charting the parallel paths of their growth. They also reveal, with unprecedented clarity, the reciprocally interreferential character of the twin corpora at the heart of Castilian kabbalah.
Umfang:
1 online resource (349 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-774483-4
0-19-774484-2
0-19-774482-6
Schlagworte:
Moses ben Shem Tov, > de Leon, > 1250-1305.
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