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From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala - Biblical Literature
Shaul Magid
From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala - Biblical Literature
Shaul Magid
Explores the exegetical tradition of Isaac Luria and his followers within the historical context in 16th-century Safed, a community that brought practitioners of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam into close contact with one another. This title suggests that Luria and his followers were far from cloistered.
368 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 9, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780253350886 |
Publishers | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 26 mm · 692 g |
Language | English |