Physician of the soul, healer of the cosmos: Isaac Luria and his kabbalistic fellowship
Lawrence Fine
Physician of the soul, healer of the cosmos: Isaac Luria and his kabbalistic fellowship
Author
Lawrence FinePublisher
Stanford University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Physician of the soul, healer of the cosmos: Isaac Luria and his kabbalistic fellowship / Lawrence FinePublication Details
استنفورد : Stanford University Press، 2003مPhysical Description
xiii, 480 p.: ill.; 23 cm.Subject
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572 Disciples
Cabala History
Mysticism Judaism
Judaism - Israel Tsefat History
series
(Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture؛ )Language
انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]544[-864( and index.
Contents
Introduction: embodying the study of Lurianic Kabbalah -- ch. 1. Rabbinical scholar, spice dealer, contemplative ascetic -- ch. 2. Lamenting the exile, striving for redemption -- ch. 3. Saintliness, heavenly communication, and the divinatory arts -- ch. 4. Lurianic myth -- ch. 5. Physician of the soul -- ch. 6. Tiqqun: healing the cosmos through the performance of mitsvot -- ch. 7. Tiqqun: healing the cosmos through contemplative prayer -- ch. 8. Communing with the "very special dead" -- ch. 9. Metempsychosis, mystical fellowship, and Messianic redemption