Luminal Darkness by Elliot R Wolfson
Renowned as one of the world’s most astute interpreters of Kabbalistic texts, Elliot Wolfson offers an illuminating and original presentation of Kabbalah. Combining its wisdom with Western philosophical heritage from Plato to Heidegger and beyond, synergy guides his elucidation of the fundamentals of Jewish mysticism and shapes his taxonomy of Kabbalistic thought. An insightful collection of seminal essays written between 1986 and 1998, Luminal Darkness reveals the unmistakably poetic nature of this important scholar’s creative process, and delineates the evolution of his thinking on the role and importance of the Zohar in Kabbalistic tradition.
"Wolfson offers an illuminating and original presentation of KabbalahCombining its wisdom with Western philosophical heritage from Plato to Heidegger and beyond, synergy guides his elucidation of the fundementals of Jewish mysticism and shapes his taxonomy of Kabbalistic thought." * Choice *
Elliot R. Wolfson is the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew Studies at New York University. He is currently the Editor of the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy and the author of several award-winning books on Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781851684755 |
| Title | Luminal Darkness |
| Author | Elliot R Wolfson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oneworld Publications |
| Year published | 2007-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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