The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel

The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel

This book represents the first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music. There is a discussion of the characteristics of his mystical experience and the erotic imagery by which it was expressed. Based on all the extant manuscript material of Abulafia, this book opens the way to a new understanding of Jewish mysticism. It points to the importance of the ecstatic Kabbalah for the later developments in mystical Judaism.

Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is the winner of many awards and prizes, including the EMET Prize, given by the Prime Minister of Israel; the Israel Prize for Jewish Thought; the Gershom Scholem Prize for research in Kabbalah, given by the Israeli Academy for Sciences and Humanities; and the National Jewish Book Award. Among his many books are Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation, and Kabbalah and Eros.

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ISBN 13	9780887065538
ISBN 10	0887065538
Title	The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia
Author	Moshe Idel
Series	Suny Series In Judaica: Hermeneutics Mysticism And Religion
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	1987-12-15
Number of pages	260
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