Newest torah questions biblical hermeneutics stack. One of the key personalities in the development of jewish mysticism, sometimes referred to as the father of ecstatic kabbalah, was abraham abulafia, born in saragossa, spain in the thirteenth century. Farabi and ibn sina, to the effect that the prophet receives an overflow from, and thereby attains a state of conjunction with, the active intellect, the last of the. English translation of holy torah english translation provided by jewish publication society. Sitre torah by abraham ben samuel abulafia the british.
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Sefer sitre torah book of the secrets of the torah, which abulafia completed in 1280 ce, is essentially a commentary on maimonides philosophical masterwork guide to the perplexed. Language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia download language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Jewish magical and mystical traditions on the artificial anthropoid. The mystical experience in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica. Amidst the rich panoply of jewish kabbalah, abraham abulafia 12401291 resonates the most with modern, philosophically minded seekers of direct mystical experience. Abulafia dreamed of dissolving the differences between judaism, christianity and islam. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia name author. The family name, like many other hispanicorigin sephardic jewish surnames, originated in spain hebrew sefarad among spanish jews, at a time during when it was ruled. Based on all the extant manuscript material of abulafia, this book opens the way to a new understanding of jewish mysticism. The mystical experience in abraham abulafia download. It consists of explaining a word or group of words according to the numerical value of the letters, or of substituting other letters of. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. What they bring about, in abulafia s accounts and my own experience, is often a kind of stream of free association which plays within the concepts and words being permuted.
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Books by abraham abulafia author of abraham abulafia. Moshe idel is max cooper professor of jewish thought at the hebrew university, jerusalem. Idel,language, torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia, albany, 1988, 170, notes 8687. From calabria cometh the law, and the word of the lord. Moshe idel hebrew university of jerusalem academia.
Language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia. Mystical union in the ecstatic kabbalah of abraham abulafia brill. Abulafia s techniques need to be understood within the context of their operations. Originally published in journal of jewish studies 40. Librivox free audiobook 101 sermon podcast pauping off daily chapel spring 2012 earbuds show. Read a few minutes throughout the day and if possible 15 min before bed at night andor when you wake up. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Mystical techniques, mental processes, and states of. Enlightenment story rabbi avraham abulafia lawrence attard bezzina. He was born in zaragoza, spain in 1240 and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291, following a stay on the small and windswept island of comino, the smallest of the three inhabited islands that make up the maltese archipelago. In case you missed my previous articles about abraham abulafia, titled abulafia kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music.
Abulafia proposed an elaborate hermeneutical system, unique in the whole kabbalistic literature, for both its systematic exposition and the eccentric exegetical devices it describes. As christian kabbalists would do two centuries later,11 he entertained the dream of reconciling judaism and christianity. Buy studies in ecstatic kabbalah suny series in judaica. Secrets of the torah is the second commentary by rabbi abraham abulafia on the rambams guide for the perplexed, written around 1280. Abraham ben samuel abulafia jewish virtual library. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia suny. It was employed to induce ecstatic and visionary states. Born in spain, a student of the writings of moses maimonides and of hillel, from twenty years of age he began a life of ceaseless wandering his first prophetic book sefer hayashar book of the righteous was written in 1279. Abulafia is a sephardi jewish surname whose etymological origin is in the spanish language. You can read the book in order, at random, or pick a specific chapter is not important, important are the following. Our mission is to strengthen jewish peoplehood, identity and pluralism and ensure that judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century.
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Idel analyzes the work of three major kabbalists abraham abulafia, menahem recanati, and yohanan alemannowho represent diverse schools of thought. This parchment manuscript is a 15thcentury ce copy of sefer sitre torah. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia book. I strongly recommend a hard copy, purchase the book from if you have no other choice you can downland the pdf or the word document for. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia by moshe. Moshe idel, language, torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia, albany 1989. Project muse mystical experience in abraham abulafia, the. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. Download language torah and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format.
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