Keter The Crown of God in Early Jewish Mysticism |
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Author:
| Green, Arthur |
Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-60828-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts, tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation Arthur Green draws a wide arc including Talmudic, Midrashic, liturgical, Merkavah, German Hasidic, and Kabbalis
Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts, tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation Arthur Green draws a wide arc including Talmudic, Midrashic, liturgical, Merkavah, German Hasidic, and Kabbalis