Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism
Editors: Alfred L Ivry, Elliot R Wolfson, Allan Arkush This superb collection of writings comes as a tribute to one of the leading scholars of Judaic Studies in our century, Alexander Altmann, and to...
Tagged: Abraham Abulafia
The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel
This book represents the first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music....
Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel
Abraham Abulafia, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah, exposed a mysticism that includes a deep interest in language as a universe in itself, to be studied as the philosophers study nature, in order to...
