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UNINA9910458240403321 |
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Titolo |
The heart and the fountain [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of Jewish mystical experiences / / edited by Joseph Dan |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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1-280-56007-X |
0-19-534390-5 |
1-4237-6121-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Mysticism - Judaism |
Spiritual life |
Electronic books. |
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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. 277-310) and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Revelation of the Secret of the World; 2. Visions of Rabbi Akibah and Rabbi Ishmael; 3. The Deification of Enoch; 4. Rabbi Bahya Ibn Paquda: To See Without Eyes, To Hear Without Ears; 5. Gabirol: God and the Universe; 6. Addressing an Emanated Godhead; 7. The Voice of God Over the Water: The Worship of the Holy Name; 8. The Rokeah: The Devotion in Prayer; 9. Divine Will Clothed in Human Will: The Intention of Prayer in Early Kabbalah; 10. Abraham Abulafia: An Apocalyptic Vision; 11. The Mystical Immersion in Names and Letters; 12. Zohar: The Beginning |
13. Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai and His Society of Mystics14. The Zohar: The Wondrous Child; 15. To Write Without Pen and Ink; 16. Joseph Della Reina: From Experience to Legend; 17. Walking with the Shekhinah: The Palm Tree of Devorah; 18. The Messianic Dreams of Rabbi Hayyim Vital; 19. A Prophetic Vision by Nathan of Gaza; 20. Nathan of Gaza Facing the Monsters of Evil: The Myth of the Doenmeh; 21. Luzzatto: Messianism and Sanctity; 22. The Mystical Prayer of Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov; 23. Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: A Vision and a Dream; 24. Bialik: Mystical Poetry and Mystical Language |
25. The Sweet Voice of the Lord: Four Contemporary Israeli PoetsNotes; |
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This anthology not only presents illuminating excerpts from the most important mystical texts, but also delves into the very meaning of mysticism itself. The author takes readers through the historical development of Jewish mysticism, from late antiquity to the modern period. |
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UNINA9910465210303321 |
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Autore |
Carroll Jane Suzanne |
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Landscape in children's literature / / Jane Suzanne Carroll |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-283-54730-9 |
9786613859754 |
1-136-32118-7 |
0-203-12042-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Children's literature and culture series ; ; Volume 84 |
Children's literature and culture ; ; 84 |
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Children's stories, English - History and criticism |
Landscapes in literature |
Setting (Literature) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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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. 225-236) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Landscape in Children's Literature; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Sanctuary Topos: Sacred and Domestic Spaces; 2. The Green Topos: Gardens, Farms, Wilderness; 3. The Roadway Topos; 4. The Lapsed Topos: Caves, Graves, and Ruins; 5. Applications; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This book provides a new critical methodology for the study of landscapes in children's literature. Treating landscape as the |
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integration of unchanging and irreducible physical elements, or topoi, Carroll identifies and analyses four kinds of space - sacred spaces, green spaces, roadways, and lapsed spaces - that are the component elements of the physical environments of canonical British children's fantasy. Using Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence as the test-case for this methodology, the book traces the development of the physical features and symbolic functions of lands |
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