Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections

ISBN 10: 1580234348 / ISBN 13: 9781580234344

Edité par Jewish Lights, 2010

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Synopsis :

Leading scholars and teachers share their favorite texts-many available in English for the first time-and explore why these materials are meaningful today. A rich combination of classical texts and contemporary reflections on Jewish mystical tradition.

À propos des auteurs:

Lawrence Fine, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College, is author of Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship, and other books.

Eitan Fishbane, PhD, a frequent scholar-in-residence and guest speaker at congregations across North America, is assistant professor of Jewish thought at The Jewish Theological Seminary; author of As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist (Stanford University Press); and co-editor of Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections (Jewish Lights).

Eitan Fishbane is available to speak on the following topics:

• Shabbat
• Prayer
• Spirituality
• God and Theology
• Mysticism
• Ethics
• Torah

Rabbi Or N. Rose is an associate dean at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He is the coeditor of God in All Moments: Mystical and Practical Spiritual Wisdom from Hasidic Masters and Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice; Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections and Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (all Jewish Lights).

Yehonatan Chipman, an Orthodox rabbi, lives in Jerusalem, where he works as a
professional translator of academic Jewish texts. He is currently writing his first
book on Jewish religious thought.

Reb Mimi Feigelson is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi. She is the mashpiah ruchanit
(spiritual mentor) and lecturer in Rabbinic literature and Hasidic thought at the
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
She is the former associate director of Yakar in Jerusalem and is an international
teacher of Hasidism and spirituality.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: ...
Éditeur : Jewish Lights
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New