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Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic

Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship Paperback / softback - 2003

by Lawrence Fine

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Paperback / softback. New. This is a study of Isaac Luria (1534-72), one of the most remarkable and influential figures of late-medieval and early-modern Jewish mysticism. It looks primarily at Luria as a real historical figure, in the context of his relationship with his circle of disciples in the Galilean city of Safed, the great center of kabbalistic thought and teaching.
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  • Title Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship
  • Author Lawrence Fine
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 504
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford:
  • Date 2003-04-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780804748261
  • ISBN 9780804748261 / 0804748268
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 5.9 x 1.4 in (23.37 x 14.99 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Cabala - History, Mysticism - Judaism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002154139
  • Dewey Decimal Code 296.833

From the publisher

Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the history of Judaism, a visionary teacher who helped shape the course of nearly all subsequent Jewish mysticism. Given his importance, it is remarkable that this is the first scholarly work on him in English.

Most studies of Lurianic Kabbalah focus on Luria's mythic and speculative ideas or on the ritual and contemplative practices he taught. The central premise of this book is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus the book focuses on Luria the person and on his relationship to his disciples. What attracted Luria's students to him? How did they react to his inspired and charismatic behavior? And what roles did Luria and his students see themselves playing in their collective quest for repair of the cosmos and messianic redemption?

From the jacket flap

Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the history of Judaism, a visionary teacher who helped shape the course of nearly all subsequent Jewish mysticism. Given his importance, it is remarkable that this is the first scholarly work on him in English.
Most studies of Lurianic Kabbalah focus on Luria's mythic and speculative ideas or on the ritual and contemplative practices he taught. The central premise of this book is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus the book focuses on Luria the person and on his relationship to his disciples. What attracted Luria's students to him? How did they react to his inspired and charismatic behavior? And what roles did Luria and his students see themselves playing in their collective quest for repair of the cosmos and messianic redemption?

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  • Choice, 05/01/2004, Page 1680

About the author

Lawrence Fine is Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion at Mount Holyoke College. His most recent book is Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages Through the Early Modern Period (ed).