The Heart and the Fountain An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiences 1st Edition by Joseph Dan 9781423761211 1423761219

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ISBN 10: 1423761219

ISBN 13: 9781423761211

Author: Joseph Dan

Joseph Dan is one of the world’s leading authorities on Jewish mysticism. In this superb anthology, Dan not only presents illuminating excerpts from the most important mystical texts, but also delves into the very meaning of mysticism itself. Dan takes readers through the historical development of Jewish mysticism, from late antiquity to the modern period. He explores the Kabbalah, the esoteric tradition that delves into the secrets delivered by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, the emergence of Hasidism, and much more. He presents the great texts, from Hekhalot Rabbati, “The Greater Book of Divine Palaces,” set in the temple in Jerusalem; to the apocalyptic vision of Abraham Abulafia in the thirteenth century; to the Zohar, perhaps the best-known volume of all. For each piece, he offers an extended introduction that deftly places the work in the context of its time and its antecedents. “Mysticism is that which cannot be expressed in words, period,” Dan writes. In this remarkable volume, he guides us through that seemingly impenetrable barrier to show how the inexpressible has been expressed in some of the most profound and challenging writing in existence.

Table of contents:

Introduction

II. Jewish Mysticism

III. Jewish Concept of Language: The Midrash

IV. Historical Outlines: Late Antiquity

V. Historical Outlines: The Middle Ages

VI. Historical Outlines: The Modern Period

VII. The Christian Kabbalah

1: The Revelation of the Secret of the World

2: Visions of Rabbi Akibah and Rabbi Ishmael

3: The Deification of Enoch

4: Rabbi Bahya Ibn Paquda: To See Without Eyes, To Hear Without Ears

5: Gabirol: God and the Universe

6: Addressing an Emanated Godhead

7: The Voice of God Over the Water: The Worship of the Holy Name

8: The Rokeah: The Devotion in Prayer

9: Divine Will Clothed in Human Will: The Intention of Prayer in Early Kabbalah

10: Abraham Abulafia: An Apocalyptic Vision

11: The Mystical Immersion in Names and Letters: Shaarey Zedek

12: Zohar: The Beginning

13: Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai and His Society of Mystics

14: The Zohar: The Wondrous Child

15: To Write Without Pen and Ink

16: Joseph Della Reina: From Experience to Legend

17: Walking with the Shekhinah: The Palm Tree of Devorah

18: The Messianic Dreams of Rabbi Hayyim Vital

19: A Prophetic Vision by Nathan of Gaza

20: Nathan of Gaza Facing the Monsters of Evil: The Myth of the Doenmeh

21: Luzzatto: Messianism and Sanctity

22: The Mystical Prayer of Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov

23: Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: A Vision and a Dream

24: Bialik: Mystical Poetry and Mystical Language

25: The Sweet Voice of the Lord: Four Contemporary Israeli Poets

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