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Author Giller, Pinchas, 1953-

Title Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Contents Shar'abi and Beit El -- Kavvanah and kavvanot -- The names of God in the Beit El kavvanot -- Kabbalists in the community -- Beit El practice -- Shar'abi's school -- The literary tradition of Beit El -- The kavvanot in Hasidism -- Conclusion : mysticism, metaphysics, and the limitations of Beit El Kabbalah
Summary The Beit El kabbalists, led by their charismatic founder Shalom Shar'abi, have flourished in the Middle East for the last two and half centuries. This work is the first scholarly treatment of Beit El, its history, the underlying theory of its kabbalistic system and the practices and inner life of the kabbalists of Beit El
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777.
SUBJECT Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777. fast (OCoLC)fst00178377
Šarʻabbî, Šālôm. swd
Subject Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
SUBJECT Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem) fast (OCoLC)fst00719228
Subject Cabala -- History
Rabbis -- Jerusalem
Jewish scholars -- Jerusalem
Jews, Yemeni -- Jerusalem
Kavvanot (Cabala)
Cabala.
Jewish scholars.
Jews, Yemeni.
Kavvanot (Cabala)
Rabbis.
Kabbala.
Kabbala.
Middle East -- Jerusalem.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 0195328809
9780195328806