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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Bibliographic Details
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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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Abulafia and alterity : the other in the self
  • Refutation and absorption : Abulafia's response to the Christian context
  • Abulafia's demons : the psychological dimension of Abulafia's relationship to Christianity
  • Abulafia and Jesus : metatron and sandalfon
  • Warp and woof : circumcision, crucifixion, and divine embodiment.