LEADER 03653nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910972155603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781438422886 010 $a1438422881 010 $a9780585078663 010 $a0585078661 035 $a(CKB)111004366790402 035 $a(OCoLC)42856099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113855 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113855 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10102101 035 $a(PQKB)10093466 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13877 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408139 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10588687 035 $a(OCoLC)923414492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408139 035 $a(DE-B1597)736203 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438422886 035 $a(Perlego)2671616 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366790402 100 $a19900725d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe books of contemplation $emedieval Jewish mystical sources /$fMark Verman 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc1992 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) 225 0 $aSUNY series in Judaica 300 $aIncludes passages in Hebrew. 311 08$a9780791407196 311 08$a0791407195 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-252) and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Title Page -- Half Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Content -- INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION, THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM, AND THE BOOK OF UNITY -- THE BOOKS OF CONTEMPLATION AND THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM -- COSMOLOGICAL THEORIES OF THE "CIRCLE OF CONTEMPLATION -- HISTORICAL DIMENSIONS -- HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS -- Back Matter -- APPENDIX I: CONTEMPLATION'S SUBTEXTS -- APPENDIX II: TEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 330 $aThe earliest medieval Jewish mystical writings, or kabbalah, date from the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. This is the first book to focus on the most prodigious group active at that time-the 'Circle of Contemplation'.The 'Circle of Contemplation' generated a mystical theology that differs radically from mainstream kabbalistic theosophy. Two of this group's penetrating speculations on God and the origins of the universe are The Book of Contemplation and The Fountain of Wisdom. A meticulous and systematic study of these writings forms the core of this book.Verman discovered that the 'Circle of Contemplation' produced a series of distinct treatises, each entitled The Book of Contemplation and attributed to the same fictitious author. These treatises, embodying one of the most intriguing puzzles of medieval literature, are included here.The author concludes that these writings were a product of thirteenth-century Spain, not France, as claimed by Gershom Scholem. His conclusion engendered a critical evaluation of the premises of Scholem's historiography of early medieval Jewish mysticism. 606 $aCabala$xHistory 606 $aMysticism$xJudaism$xHistory 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yMedieval and early modern period, 425-1789 615 0$aCabala$xHistory. 615 0$aMysticism$xJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 676 $a296.1/6 700 $aVerman$b Mark$f1949-$01800828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972155603321 996 $aThe books of contemplation$94345778 997 $aUNINA