| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 381 pages) |
| Series |
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization |
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Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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| Contents |
1. The depiction of R. Shimon bar Yohai and Moses in Zoharic literature -- 2. The Zohar as an imagined book -- 3. The formation of the Zoharic canon -- 4. The authority of the Zohar -- 5. On the history of Zohar interpretation -- 6. Revelation versus concealment in the reception history of the Zohar -- 7. The history of Zohar criticism -- 8. The recanonization of the Zohar in the modern era |
| Summary |
The Zohar is one of the most sacred, authoritative, and influential books in Jewish culture. Many scholarly works have been dedicated to its ideas, its literary style, and the question of its authorship. This book focuses on other issues: it examines the various ways in which the Zohar has been received by its readers and the impact it has had on Jewish culture, including the fluctuations in its status and value and the different cultural practices linked to these changes. This dynamic and multi-layered history throws important new light on many aspects of Jewish cultural history over the last seven centuries. Boaz Huss has broken new ground with this study, which examines the reception and canonization of the Zohar as well as its criticism and rejection from its inception to the present day |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-364) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Zohar -- Analysis
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Zohar. fast (OCoLC)fst01357178 |
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Zohar gnd |
| Subject |
Cabala.
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Jewish literature.
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Judaism -- History.
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Judaica.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies.
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Judaism.
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Jewish literature.
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Cabala.
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Rezeption
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Einfluss
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nave, Yudith, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781789624861 |
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178962486X |
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