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Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship
Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the history of Judaism, a visionary teacher who helped shape the course of nearly all subsequent Jewish mysticism. Given his importance, it is remarkable that this is the first scholarly work on him in English. Most studies of Lurianic Kabbalah focus on Lurias students to him? Ho...more
Paperback, 504 pages
Published
April 2nd 2003
by Stanford University Press
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This is the finest piece of work on Lurianic Kabbalah. What makes this book stand out is how well it is written. Unlike many academic tomes that are written intentionally in a cryptic jargon and unlike some works on the subject that are intentionally vague in order to preserve the hidden secrets of Kabbalah, this book is extremely clear and is intelligible by anyone who has a basic background in Jewish Mysticism. The author clearly has a good grasp of the Lurianic mythology. He also spends a ...more
This is a well documented book and very comprehensive. I know there are a lot of people who are interested in kabbalah from a point of view of wanting to do it, I just wanted to learn about how it fits into the universe of Judaism. This is a great book for that purpose.
Read most of it for Kabbalah Class but would really like to finish the last few chapters before I make it "read".
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