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Autore |
Wolfson Elliot R |
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Venturing beyond [[electronic resource] ] : law and morality in Kabbalistic mysticism / / Elliot R. Wolfson |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-90589-1 |
9786610905898 |
0-19-153515-X |
1-4356-2344-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cabala - History |
Mysticism - Judaism |
Ethics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-364) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction: Morality and Mysticism: Parallel or Intersecting Lines?; 1. Ontology, Alterity, and the Anthropological Other; 2. Othering the Other: Eschatological Effacing of Ontic Boundaries; 3. Beyond Good and Evil: Hypernomian Transmorality and Delimiting the Limit; 4. Suffering, Humility, and Transgressive Piety; Bibliography; Index of Names and Sources; Index of Subjects and Terms |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Are mysticism and morality compatible or at odds with one another? Venturing Beyond - Law and Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism is an investigation of the relationship of the mystical and moral as it is expressed in the particular tradition of Jewish mysticism known as the Kabbalah. - ;Are mysticism and morality compatible or at odds with one another? If mystical experience embraces a form of non-dual consciousness, then in such a state of mind, the regulative dichotomy so basic to ethical discretion would seemingly be transcended and the very foundation for ethical decisions undermined. Ventu |
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