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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777.
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Sharabi, Shalom, 1720-1777 |
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Šarʻabbî, Šālôm. |
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Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
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Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem) |
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Cabala -- History
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Rabbis -- Jerusalem
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Jewish scholars -- Jerusalem
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Jews, Yemeni -- Jerusalem
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Kavvanot (Cabala)
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Cabala
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Jewish scholars
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Jews, Yemeni
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Kavvanot (Cabala)
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Rabbis
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Kabbala
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Kabbala.
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Middle East -- Jerusalem
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Oxford University Press
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ISBN |
0195328809 |
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9780195328806 |
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