Title The poetry of Kabbalah : mystical verse from the Jewish tradition / translated and annotated by Peter Cole ; co-edited and with an afterword by Aminadav Dykman

Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 448 pages) Series A Margellos world republic of letters book Margellos world republic of letters book. Contents Poems of the palaces and early liturgical hymns -- The book of creation -- Al-Andalus and Ashkenaz -- The Kabbalah in Spain -- The Safed circle (Galilean Kabbalah) -- Extensions east and west -- Jewish Muslims/Muslim Jews -- Italian Kabbalah -- Hasidic devotion -- The seeds of secular mysticism Summary This groundbreaking collection presents for the first time in English a substantial body of poetry that emerges directly from the sublime and often startling world of Jewish mysticism. Taking up Gershom Scholem's call to plumb the "tremendous poetic potential" concealed in the Kabbalistic tradition, Peter Cole provides dazzling renderings of work composed on three continents over a period of some fifteen hundred years. In addition to the translations and the texts in their original languages, Cole supplies a lively and insightful introduction, along with accessible commentaries to the poems. Aminadav Dykman adds an elegant afterword that places the work in the context of world literature. As a whole, the collection brings readers into the fascinating force field of Kabbalistic verse, where the building blocks of both language and existence itself are unveiled. Excerpts from The Poetry of Kabbalah have been featured in the Paris Review, Poetry, and Conjunctions."Studded with insight, and written with great verve, this book will become a classic."--Lawrence Fine, author of Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Piyutim. Piyutim -- History and criticism Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Mysticism -- Poetry Cabala. RELIGION -- Prayerbooks -- Jewish. POETRY -- Anthologies (multiple authors) Cabala Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew Mysticism Piyutim Pijut. Literatur. Judentum. Mystik. Kabbala. Genre/Form Piyutim Criticism, interpretation, etc. Poetry Piyutim. Piyyuṭim. Form Electronic book Author Cole, Peter, 1957- Dykman, Aminadav. ISBN 9780300183610 0300183615

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