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Author Giller, Pinchas, 1953-

Title Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Contents Shar'abi and Beit El -- Kavvanah and kavvanot -- The names of God in the Beit El kavvanot -- Kabbalists in the community -- Beit El practice -- Shar'abi's school -- The literary tradition of Beit El -- The kavvanot in Hasidism -- Conclusion : mysticism, metaphysics, and the limitations of Beit El Kabbalah
Summary The Beit El kabbalists, led by their charismatic founder Shalom Shar'abi, have flourished in the Middle East for the last two and half centuries. This work is the first scholarly treatment of Beit El, its history, the underlying theory of its kabbalistic system and the practices and inner life of the kabbalists of Beit El
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index
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Subject Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777.
Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777
Šarʻabbî, Šālôm.
Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
Cabala -- History
Rabbis -- Jerusalem
Jewish scholars -- Jerusalem
Jews, Yemeni -- Jerusalem
Kavvanot (Cabala)
Cabala
Jewish scholars
Jews, Yemeni
Kavvanot (Cabala)
Rabbis
Kabbala
Kabbala.
Middle East -- Jerusalem
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 0195328809
9780195328806