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Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death
Elliot R. Wolfson
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Description for Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death
Hardback. Explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. This book discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as it opens the possibility of a temporal triumph of temporality and the conquering of time through time. Series: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. Demonstrating that the historical and theoretical relationship between kabbalah and western philosophy is far more intimate and extensive than any previous scholar has ever suggested, Elliot R. Wolfson draws an extraordinary range of thinkers such as Frederic Jameson, Martin Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, William Blake, Julia Kristeva, Friedrich Schelling, and a host of kabbalistic figures into deep conversation with one another. Alef, Mem, Tau also discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as ... Read more
This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. Demonstrating that the historical and theoretical relationship between kabbalah and western philosophy is far more intimate and extensive than any previous scholar has ever suggested, Elliot R. Wolfson draws an extraordinary range of thinkers such as Frederic Jameson, Martin Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, William Blake, Julia Kristeva, Friedrich Schelling, and a host of kabbalistic figures into deep conversation with one another. Alef, Mem, Tau also discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Series
Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520246195
SKU
V9780520246195
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About Elliot R. Wolfson
Elliot R. Wolfson is Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Among his most recent books are Language, Eros, Being: Kabbalistic Hermeneutics and Poetic Imagination (2005), Pathwings: Poetic-Philosophic Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Time and Language (2004), Abraham Abulafia - Kabbalist and Prophet: Hermeneutics, Theosophy, and Theurgy (2000), and Through a Speculum That Shines: ... Read more
Reviews for Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death
"Wolfson's treatment of the concept of time is both stimulating and original. Methodologically and conceptually rich, the scholarship exhibited in this book is exemplary. The style is engaging and dynamic, and captures the fresh and vital quality of the series of talks from which the book emerged." - Hindy Najman, author of Second Seconding: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in ... Read more