Zohar: The Book of Splendor
Basic Readings from the Kabbalah
Published on 20. July 2011
128 pages
978-0-307-49369-9 (ISBN)
Description
One of the great masterpieces of Western religious thought, the Zohar represents an attempt to uncover hidden meanings behind the world of appearances. It is the central work in the literature of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.
This volume of selected passages from the Zohar, culled by the greatest authority on Jewish mysticism, offers a sampling of its unique vision of the esoteric wonders of creation; the life and destiny of the soul; the confluence of physical and divine love; suffering and death; exile and redemption.
This volume of selected passages from the Zohar, culled by the greatest authority on Jewish mysticism, offers a sampling of its unique vision of the esoteric wonders of creation; the life and destiny of the soul; the confluence of physical and divine love; suffering and death; exile and redemption.
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GERSHOM SCHOLEM was a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem until his death in 1982. Among his most important works are Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, and On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Genesis
- The Beginning
- The Universe: Shell and Kernel
- The First Light
- Creation of Man
- Male and Female
- Consuming Fire
- Departure from Life
- The Three Strands of Spirit
- Highest Grade of Faith
- Midnight
- Jacob's Blessing
- Greater Than Joseph
- The Great Feast
- Jacob's Death
- A Seal upon Thy Heart
- Exodus
- The Ten Sefirot
- Out of the Depths
- Two Aspects
- Sabbath
- The Lovers of the Torah
- The Destiny of the Soul
- Suffering of Innocent Children
- The Three Aspects of the Soul
- Serve the Lord with Gladness
- The Stars
- An Allegorical Explanation of Jonah
- Leviticus-Numbers-Deuteronomy
- Exile and Redemption
- How to Stand before God
- Hymns in Heaven
- Holy Communion
- God's Love
- The Rose of Sharon
- The Tree of Life
- The Hidden Meaning of the Torah
- Texts
- Acknowledgments
