Shevet Musar and Psychology : Jewish Discipline for the Early Modern Soul Studies in Musar Series, Volume 3 /
A best-selling manual in the Jewish tradition of spiritual instruction, Shevet musar (Istanbul, 1712) by Elijah ha-Kohen Itamari, confronts the contemporary reader with surprisingly modern psychological subtleness, as it tackles the matters of the soul by means of emotional manipulation, somatic gro...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
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Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Jewish History and Culture ;
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Call Number: BM645.S6
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Musar and Psychology
- 1 Psychopoiesis
- 1 Soul-Making and the Psychosomatic Shaping of Self
- 2 Addressing Adam
- 3 Contrasting Identities
- 4 The Workings of the Soul
- 5 Further Workings of the Soul
- 6 Corporeal Hardware and Organic Agency
- 7 Channels of Holiness: Heart and Phallus
- 8 Engine of the Meat Machine: Yetser
- 9 Psychology of Sin
- 2 Psychagogy
- 1 Soul-Guidance and the Emotion Machine
- 2 The Spectrum of Feeling
- 3 Distress
- 4 Disgust
- 5 Shame
- 6 Anger
- 7 Emotions in the Religious Ecosystem
- 8 Special Feelings for Special People
- 9 Collective Consciousness as National Uniqueness
- 3 Psychodynamics of Horror
- 1 Transformative Powers of Fear
- 2 Anatomy of Horror: Theorizing Fear
- 3 Practicing Fear: A Gallery of Horrors
- 4 Dying
- 5 Rotting
- 6 Hell
- 7 From Trauma to Hauntology
- Conclusion: Disciplines of the Soul
- Coda: (Biblio‑)Therapy for the Soul
- References
- Index.