03573nam 22007694a 450 991081891640332120200520144314.0978-615-5053-78-89786155053788978-6-15505-378-8615-5053-78-21-281-26859-397866112685961-4175-7454-210.1515/9786155053788(CKB)1000000000242580(OCoLC)57580544(CaPaEBR)ebrary10126111(SSID)ssj0000106303(PQKBManifestationID)11133855(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106303(PQKBWorkID)10111207(PQKB)11703273(MiAaPQ)EBC3137195(MdBmJHUP)muse25932(Au-PeEL)EBL3137195(CaPaEBR)ebr10126111(OCoLC)939263222(DE-B1597)633395(DE-B1597)9786155053788(EXLCZ)99100000000024258020041201d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAscensions on high in Jewish mysticism pillars, lines, ladders /Moshe Idel1st ed.Budapest ;New York Central European University Press20051 online resource (259 p.) Pasts incorporated ;v. 2Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph963-7326-02-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.On diverse forms of living ascent on high in Jewish sources -- On cosmic pillars in Jewish sources -- The eschatological pillar of the souls in zoharic literature -- Psychanodia and metamorphoses of pillars in eighteenth-century Hasidism -- The neoplatonic path for dead souls : medieval philosophy, Kabbalah and renaissance.Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. After surveying the variety of scholarly approaches to religion, the author also offers what he proposes as an eclectic approach, and a perspectivist one. The latter recommends to examine religious phenomena from a variety of perspectives. The author investigates the specific issue of the pillar in Jewish mysticism by comparing it to the archaic resort to pillars recurring in rural societies. Given the fact that the ascent of the soul and pillars constituted the concerns of two main Romanian scholars of religion, Ioan P. Culianu and Mircea Eliade, Idel resorts to their views, and in the Concluding Remarks analyzes the emergence of Eliade's vision of Judaism on the basis of neglected sources.Pasts incorporated ;v. 2.CabalaHistoryAscension of the soulColumnsReligious aspectsJudaismMysticismJudaismHasidismCabalaHistory.Ascension of the soul.ColumnsReligious aspectsJudaism.MysticismJudaism.Hasidism.296.7/1Idel Moshe1947-223908MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818916403321Ascensions on high in Jewish mysticism4024538UNINA