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Author Afterman, Adam

Title And They Shall Be One Flesh
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Ser. ; v. 26
Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Ser
Contents Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 From Philo to Plotinus: The Emergence of Mystical Union; Chapter 3 Unio Mystica and Ancient Jewish Mysticism; Chapter 4 Platonic and Aristotelian Traditions of Union; Chapter 5 "As Light Unites with Light": The Language of Union in Jewish Neoplatonism; Chapter 6 The Language of Union in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Moses Nachmanides; Chapter 7 Mystical Union in Early Kabbalah; Chapter 8 Mystical Union in the Ecstatic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia
Chapter 9 Language and Images of Mystical Union in the Kabbalah of R. Isaac of AcreChapter 10 "Single Unification, Single Bond": The Language of Union and Unity in the Zohar; Chapter 11 From Kabbalah to the Renaissance and Hasidism: A Brief Overview; Chapter 12 Concluding Remarks; Primary Sources; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects; Index of Primary Sources
Summary "In "And They Shall Be One Flesh: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism", Adam Afterman offers for the first time an extensive study of mystical union and embodiment in Judaism. Afterman argues that Philo was the first to articulate the notion of unio mystica in Judaism and in monotheism and is the source of the henōsis mysticism in the later Neoplatonic tradition. The study provides a detailed analysis of the Jewish medieval trends that developed different forms of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the Holy Spirit. The book argues that the development of unitive mysticism in Judaism is the fruit of substantial moments of openness, not only to Greek and Arab philosophy but also to Islam and Christianity"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Mysticism -- Judaism -- Influence
Cabala -- Influence
Mystical union.
Cabala -- Influence.
Mystical union.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004328730
9004328734