The serpent kills or the serpent gives life the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia's response to Christianity /

The serpent kills or the serpent gives life the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia's response to Christianity /

Abraham Abulafia (1240 - c. 1291) founded an enormously influential branch of Jewish mysticism, referred to as the prophetic or ecstatic kabbalah. This book, from several perspectives, explores the impact of Christianity upon Abulafia. His copious writings evince an intense fascination with Christia...

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Main Author: Sagerman, Robert.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 12.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223110.

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Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, > 1240-ca. 1292 > Religion.
Cabala.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.

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Call Number: BM755.A28 S24 2011

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Introduction Abraham Abulafia: A Brief Biographical Sketch /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Chapter One. Abulafia And Alterity: The Other In The Self /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Chapter Two. Refutation And Absorption: Abulafia's Response To The Christian Context /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Chapter Three. Abulafia's Demons: The Psychological Dimension Of Abulafia's Relationship To Christianity /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Chapter Four. Abulafia And Jesus: Metatron And Sandalfon /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Chapter Five. Warp And Woof: Circumcision, Crucifixion, And Divine Embodiment /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Bibliography /  |r R. J. Sagerman --   |t Index /  |r R. J. Sagerman. 
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