The Mud and the Water: Towards a History of a Simile in Kabbalah.

The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect...

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Publicado en:Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 64 - 73
Autor principal: Idel, Moshe
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2017
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Sumario:The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect of this Kabbalah, turns to be quite an exoteric teaching shared by several kabbalists since the 13th century