Dunn: Window of the Soul (2008)

The Ranger (from Texas) had an interview with James Dunn, the author of a new book titled Window of the Soul: The Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria. “Author” may not be the most correct term in this case, because most of the book are direct translations from the Hebrew, written by Luria and translated by Nathan Snyder. The interview is using only a few lines from what the author had to say and mostly repeating pop trivia about Kabbalah. The book is more. According to the publisher’s webpage it is “the first and only comprehensive selection of Isaac Luria’s.” “Comprehensive selection” is an interesting concept. In my book something is either comprehensive or a selection. I guess what they refer to is, that each major concept or section of Luria’s writing was covered in this book. According to the Amazon.com reviews because it is a direct translation it would need a lot of footnotes to make it decipherable to the modern people. Once I get my hands on a copy I will tell you my personal opinion. (A final note: The listing currently is incorrect on Amazon, because the foreword was written by Rabbi Ernesto Yattah, and not by Chayyim Vital.)