The "Unique Cherub" Circle: A School of Mystics and Esoterics in Medieval GermanyMohr Siebeck, 1999 - 296 страница The main point delivered by this book is that Jews living in Germany during the Middle Ages developped a dynamic and variegated culture which should be recognized as a constituent of European and German medieval religiosity. The esoterics, mystics and pietists who produced works like those analyzed in this volume derived their inspiration from the traditional Jewish texts, but were also part of the world they lived in, despite the seclusions enforced by the religious prejudices of the time. The esoterical-mystical phenomena described were to a very large extent an original development in central-European Jewry, and constitute one of their most important contributions to Jewish culture as a whole. In some cases, a spiritual atmosphere reminiscent of early Protestant sects, which were to appear in the same regions three centuries later, can be discerned. Some of these texts influenced the Christian kabbalists of the sixteenth century, like Johannes Reuchlin and others. This is a major spiritual phenomenon which has been completely neglected until now, and it is hoped that this volume will contribute to a new appreciation of this aspect of European creativity in the Middle Ages. |
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Tradition Schools and Pseudepigraphy in the High Middle Ages | 1 |
Ben Sira | 16 |
The Enigma of the Transition | 30 |
The Sefer Yetzira | 36 |
The Unique Cherub Circle | 46 |
The Barayta | 59 |
The Piyyut and Its Commentary | 79 |
Pesak haYirah vehaEmunah and the Intention of Prayer | 101 |
The Concept of the Creation in Elhanan ben Yakars Sod haSodot | 142 |
The Theology of Elhanan ben Yakar in Sod haSodot | 161 |
The Commentaries on Sefer Yetzira by Elhanan ben Yakar | 187 |
The Secret Library | 210 |
The Unique Cherub and the Kabbalah | 221 |
The Cherub and Raza Rabba | 240 |
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Abraham Abraham ibn Ezra alphabet ancient angel Ashkenazi Hasidic aspect attributed Bahir Barayta Bavli Ben Sira biblical Blessed celestial concept created Creation Creator described discussion Divine Glory divine power divine realm divine world Eleazar of Worms element emanated esoteric evil exegesis Hasidim Hebrew Hekhalot Holy identified interpretation Jerusalem Jewish Mysticism Joseph ben Uzziel Judah the Pious Kabbalah Kabbalistic Kalonymus Kavod language letters literature meaning medieval Metatron Midrashic paragraph Pesak Piyyut Pleroma prayer presented prophets pseudepigraphical Pseudo-Saadia Rabbi Eleazar Rabbi Elhanan Rabbi Judah Rabbi Moses reference religious revelation Saadia Saadia Gaon Scholem seems Sefer ha-Bahir Sefer Yetzira Sefirot sentence Shekhinah Shiur Komah Sira Sod ha-Sodot soul Talmudic term terminology Tetragrammaton theological Throne of Glory Torah tradition treatise Unique Cherub circle verse YHVH אדם אותיות אחד אלהים אש הכבוד הכרוב העולם והוא ורוח יהוה כי"א לו מן פי רוח שהוא שנ