"And they shall be one flesh" : on the language of mystical union in Judaism / by Adam Afterman.
Afterman, Adam, author.
2016
BM723 .A35 2016
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Title
"And they shall be one flesh" : on the language of mystical union in Judaism / by Adam Afterman.
Author
Afterman, Adam, author.
ISBN
9789004328723 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004328730 (e-book)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (289 pages)
Call Number
BM723 .A35 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.7/12
Summary
"In "And They Shall Be One Flesh: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism", Adam Afterman offers for the first time an extensive study of mystical union and embodiment in Judaism. Afterman argues that Philo was the first to articulate the notion of unio mystica in Judaism and in monotheism and is the source of the henōsis mysticism in the later Neoplatonic tradition. The study provides a detailed analysis of the Jewish medieval trends that developed different forms of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the Holy Spirit. The book argues that the development of unitive mysticism in Judaism is the fruit of substantial moments of openness, not only to Greek and Arab philosophy but also to Islam and Christianity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; volume 26.
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"And they shall be one flesh" : on the language of mystical union in Judaism.
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1. Introduction
2. From Philo to Plotinus: the emergence of mystical union
3. Unio mystica and ancient Jewish mysticism
4. Platonic and Aristotelian traditions of union
5. "As light unites with light": the language of union in Jewish Neoplatonism
6. The language of union in the writings of Moses Maimonides and Moses Nachmanides
7. Mystical union in early kabbalah
8. Mystical union in the ecstatic kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia
9. Language and images of mystical union in the kabbalah of R. Isaac of Acre
10. "Single unification, single bond": the language of union and unity in the Zohar
11. From kabbalah to the Renaissance and Hasidism: a brief overview.

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