03694nam 2200625Ia 450 991078562590332120230511214503.01-4384-0198-1(CKB)2670000000233932(EBL)3408309(SSID)ssj0000607549(PQKBManifestationID)11385426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607549(PQKBWorkID)10585041(PQKB)10738556(MiAaPQ)EBC3408309(OCoLC)794701340(MdBmJHUP)muse14032(Au-PeEL)EBL3408309(CaPaEBR)ebr10588860(OCoLC)923415517(EXLCZ)99267000000023393219910821h19931993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe paradoxical ascent to God the kabbalistic theosophy of Habad Hasidism /Rachel Elior ; translated from Hebrew by Jeffrey M. GreenAlbany :State University of New York Press,1993.©19931 online resource (xx, 279 pages)SUNY series in JudaicaDescription based upon print version of record.0-7914-1045-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index.""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Content""; ""Introduction""; ""A Spiritual Awakening""; ""The Influence of the Kabbalah""; ""The Historical Background""; ""The Hasidic World-View""; ""Habad-Hasidism""; ""The Dual Meaning of Existence""; ""The Dialectical Systems""; ""The Books of Habad""; ""The Four Subjects of Discussion""; ""The Background of the Paradoxical Argument""; ""The Doctrine of Divinity, the Mystical Theology""; ""Acosmism""; ""The Relation Between God and the World""""Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites"" ""Hashvaah (Equalization)""; ""Entity and Manifestation-Nothingness and Being""; ""The Doctrine of Tzimtzum""; ""Transcendence and Immanence""; ""The Paradox-Two Opposites in a Single Subject""; ""Soul Consciousness and Perception""; ""The Doctrine of the Soul""; ""The Divine Soul""; ""The Bestial Soul""; ""Divine Worship""; ""Divine Worship-Introduction""; ""Two Aspects of Divine Worship""; ""Esoterics and Exoterics-- The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines""; ""Ha-'Avodah be-Bittul-- Worship in Self-Annihilation""""Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness"" ""Ha-'Avodah be-Hitbonenut-- Worship in Contemplation""; ""The Controversy over Contemplation""; ""The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation""; ""Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension""; ""Mesirut Nefesh-Self-Sacrifice""; ""The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship""; ""'Avodah be-Hipukh-- Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Reference List""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""SUNY Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and ReligionHabadDoctrinesCabalaInfluenceMysticismJudaismHistoryHabadDoctrines.CabalaInfluence.MysticismJudaismHistory.296.8/3322Elior Rachel1497681MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785625903321The paradoxical ascent to God3731493UNINA