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The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah (Paperback, New edition)
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The Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah (Paperback, New edition)
Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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This now classic study is concerned with the richly imagined world
of kabbalistic myth concerning the sabbath as it developed from the
late twelfth century to the early sixteenth century and with its
activation in religious life via ritual. The book opens with a
historical overview of classical kabbalah, an outline of its
symbolic universe. Special attention is given to the key mythic
motifs that underlie sabbath observance: the sabbath as source of
cosmic blessing; the sabbath as perfected time; the drama of divine
restoration and sacred marriage; and the drama of human
transformation by the sabbath as reflected in the motif of the
sabbath-soul. This is followed by a theoretical discussion of the
function and meaning of kabbalistic ritual and the problems of its
interpretation. Theory gives way to practice with the close study
of dramatic rituals located on the margins of the sabbath: the
ritual of preparation-how one enters the sabbath-and the ritual of
separation-how one leaves the sabbath and yet takes it into the
week. Brief appendices deal with the special issues of Torah study
and sexuality related to sabbath observance. The book also
demonstrates how many of the influential practices associated with
Safed kabbalah were actually anticipated by earlier mystics. The
Sabbath in the Classical Kabbalah combines the close textual
readings of traditional scholarly enquiry with more innovative
approaches drawing on symbolic anthropology and the like. The
presentation is coherent, cohesive, and accessible. It makes a
contribution to the history of Jewish spirituality and, more
broadly, to the understanding of myth and ritual.
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