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The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah
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The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah Paperback - 1989

by Elliot K. Ginsburg


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This book is a critical study of the mystical celebration of Sabbath in the classical period of Kabbalah, from the late twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries. The Kabbalists' re-reading of the earlier Jewish tradition has been called a model of mythopoeic revision, a revision rooted in a world-view that stressed the interrelation of all worlds and levels of being. This is the first work, in any language, to systematically collect and analyze all the major innovations in praxis and theology that classical Kabbalah effected upon the development of the Rabbinic Sabbath, one of the most central areas of Jewish religious practice.

The author analyzes the historical development of the Kabbalistic Sabbath, constructs a theoretical framework for the interpretation of its dense myth-ritual structure, and provides a phenomenology of key myths and rituals. It is one of the first Kabbalistic studies to integrate traditional textual-historical scholarship with newer methods employed in the study of religion and symbolic anthropology.

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  • Title The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah
  • Author Elliot K. Ginsburg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition Th
  • Pages 384
  • Publisher State Univ of New York Pr, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989-07
  • ISBN 9780887067792

About the author

Elliot K. Ginsburg is Associate Professor in the Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Program and the Department of Religion at Oberlin College.
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