Autore |
Rothenberg Naftali
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2009
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (235 p.)
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Disciplina |
296.1/2083067
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Altri autori (Persone) |
Sermoneta-GertelShmuel
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Collana |
Judaism and Jewish life
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Soggetto topico |
Sex in rabbinical literature
Sex - Religious aspects - Judaism
Love - Religious aspects - Judaism
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ISBN |
1-61811-098-5
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction. Love in the Canonical Literature: Dealing with Cognitive Dissonance -- SECTION I. THE ANDROGYNE UNITY; SEPARATION; DESIRE AND UNITY -- 1. The Androgyne Myth According to Plato -- Chapter One. THE ANDROGYNE MYTH ACCORDING TO PLATO -- Chapter Two. MALE AND FEMALE UNITY, PRIMORDIAL SIN AND REBELLION AGAINST THE GODS -- Chapter Three. IN THE MIDRASH: ANDROGYNOUS ADAM -- Chapter Four. IN THE KABBALAH: AN ETERNAL/DIVINE, SPIRITUAL AND HUMAN ANDROGYNE -- Chapter Five. THE REBIRTH OF THE ANDROGYNE: JUDAH ABRAVANEL CITES PLATO AND MOSES -- Chapter Six. SUMMARY: THE POWER OF MYTHS -- SECTION II. A PROFILE OF THE SAGE OF LOVE -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION: THE PHILOSOPHER AS SAGE OF LOVE -- Chapter Two. THE LOVE OF RACHEL -- Chapter Three. THE SAGE OF LOVE "RESCUES" THE SONG OF SONGS -- Chapter Four. PRACTICE AND THEORY IN THE WISDOM OF LOVE -- Chapter Five. THE SAGE AND TEMPTATION -- Chapter Six. LOVE THY FELLOW AS THE BASIS OF HUMAN SOCIALISATION -- Chapter Seven. OPTIMISM OUT OF LOVE -- Chapter Eight. ULTIMATE LOVE -- Chapter Nine. THE ORCHARD OF LOVE -- Chapter Ten. SUMMARY: THE UNIVERSAL SAGE -- SECTION III. THE SAGE OF UNCONSUMMATED LOVE: JUDAH ABRAVANEL'S DIALOGHI D'AMORE -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION: PHILO AND SOPHIA -- Chapter Two. THE SAGE'S DESIRE -- Chapter Three. LOVE AS A UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON -- Chapter Four. THE PARADOX OF ABSTRACT PERCEPTION -- Chapter Five. LOVE AND BEAUTY -- Chapter Six. WHEN AND WHERE WAS LOVE BORN? -- Chapter Seven. UNCONSUMMATED LOVE -- SECTION IV. WRITTEN FOR MEN BY MEN: FEMINIST REVOLUTION AND INNOVATION IN THE CANONICAL SOURCES -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFYING REVOLUTIONARY AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN CULTURAL SOURCES -- Chapter Two. A MONOGAMOUS MESSAGE TO A POLYGAMOUS CULTURE -- Chapter Three. ONAH: THE OBLIGATION TO HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE -- Chapter Four. THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP AS PERFECTION: THE END OF MALE EXCLUSIVITY -- Chapter Five. SUMMARY: INNOVATION AND THE NORM -- SECTION V. CONTRAST AND HARMONY IN MARRIED LIFE: ON SPIRITUALITY AND ABSTINENCE -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION: THE DUALISTIC APPROACH -- Chapter Two. MARRIAGE AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH: HELP OR HINDRANCE? -- Chapter Three. CATEGORICAL REJECTION: ABSTINENCE IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH! -- Chapter Four. THE DILEMMA OF ABSTINENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A HIGH SPIRITUAL PLANE -- Chapter Five. MOSES' ABSTINENCE -- Chapter Six. ABSTINENCE: A PRECONDITION FOR LOVE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABBI BAHYA IBN PAKUDA -- Chapter Seven. RABBI JUDAH HALEVI'S REJECTION OF ABSTINENCE -- Chapter Eight. SUMMARY: MAINTAINING BALANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827339503321 |