The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah by Moshe Idel

The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah by Moshe Idel

This volume addresses the complex topic of the preeminent status of the divine feminine power, to be referred also as Female, within the theosophical structures of many important Kabbalists, Sabbatean believers, and Hasidic masters. This privileged status is part of a much broader vision of the Female as stemming from a very high root within the divine world, then She was emanated and constitutes the tenth, lower divine power, and even in this lower state She is sometime conceived of governing this world and as equal to the divine Male. Finally, She is conceived of as returning to Her original place in special moments, the days of Sabbath, the Jewish Holidays or in the eschatological era. Her special dignity is sometime related to Her being the telos of creation, and as the first entity that emerged in the divine thought, which has been later on generated. In some cases, an uroboric theosophy links the Female Malkhut, directly to the first divine power, Keter. The author points to the possible impact of some of the Kabbalistic discussions on conceptualizations of the feminine in the Renaissance period.

Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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ISBN 13	9783110736434
ISBN 10	3110736438
Title	The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah
Author	Moshe Idel
Series	Perspectives On Jewish Texts And Contexts
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	De Gruyter
Year published	2020-12-07
Number of pages	260
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