03610nam 22005895 450 991042462350332120231110225353.0978311059877331105987799783110599978311059997X10.1515/9783110599978(CKB)4100000011559104(DE-B1597)494884(DE-B1597)9783110599978(OCoLC)1202625196(MiAaPQ)EBC6637561(Au-PeEL)EBL6637561(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39995(Perlego)2108009(oapen)doab39995(EXLCZ)99410000001155910420201028h20202020 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbraham Abulafia’s Esotericism Secrets and Doubts /Moshe Idel1st ed.De Gruyter2020Berlin ;Boston :De Gruyter,[2020]©20201 online resource (430 p.)Studies and Texts in Scepticism ;49783110600858 3110600854 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Foreword: A Maimonidean Kabbalist --I Introduction: Secrecy and Maimonideanism --II Abraham Abulafia’s Studies and Teaching --III Persecution and Secrets --IV The Parable of the Pearl and its Interpretations --V Abulafia’s Kabbalah versus other Kabbalists --VI Appendices --Abbreviations --Bibliography --Index of Sources --Index of Names and Places --Subject IndexThe book focuses on Abraham Abulafia's esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss' theory of the history of philosophy. The book surveys Abulafia's sources and concentrates on the esoteric meaning on the famous parable of the three rings, as well as Abulafia's universalistic understanding of the nature of the Bible, the Hebrew language, the people of Israel or the Sinatic revelation.This book focuses on Abraham Abulafia's esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss' theory of the history of philosophy. A survey of Abulafia's sources leads into an analysis of the esoteric meaning on the famous parable of the three rings, considering also the possible connection between this parable, which Abdulafia inserted into a book dedicated to his student, the 13th century rabbi Nathan the wise, and the Lessing's Play "Nathan the Wise." The book also examines Abulafia's universalistic understanding of the nature of the Bible, the Hebrew language, and the people of Israel (or the Sinaic revelation). The universal aspects of Abulafia’s thought have been put in relief against the more widespread Kabbalistic views which are predominantly particularistic. A number of texts have also been identified here for the first time as authored by Abulafia.Studies and Texts in Scepticism HISTORY / JewishbisacshMedieval philosophy, Kabbalah, esotericism, Maimonides.HISTORY / Jewish.Idel Mosheauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut223908Zev Harvey Warrenctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910424623503321Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism2198287UNINA