Jewish Mystical Autobiographies: Book of Visions and Book of Secrets (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY) by Vital, Hayyim Ben Joseph - 0000-00-00

Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. 358p. Ex-library hardcover book in original binding. Spine and top edges slightly sunfaded. Label on spine, stamp on title page, and labels inside covers. Otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked book in very good condition. From the CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY series.

Paulist Pr, 1999. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. xxii, 358 pp. Very light wear to extremities, very clean and sharp copy.

Brand: Paulist Pr, 0000-00-00. 96th ed. hardcover. Used: Good.

Paulist Pr, 1999. 96th ed. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. 1999 Paulist Press (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), color pictorial boards over burnt orange spine, white lettering to front cover and spine, xxii, 358 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP02~ [2.0P] In this remarkable volume in the acclaimed Classics of Western Spirituality series are the mystical autobiographies - unusual in themselves for the Jewish tradition - of two influential Jewish thinkers, Rabbi Hayyim Vital and Rabbi Yizhak Isaac Safrin of Komarno. Now translated for the first time in English, these texts will capture the attention of historians, theologians, and anyone studying Judaism. Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620) was the foremost disciple of R. Isaac Luria, one of the most important mystics in 16th century Judaism and founder of the major school of mysticism known as Lurianic kabbalah. Vital was the most influential transmitter of Luria's teachings, and the author… Read More