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: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 12.
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