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In the late twelfth century, at the height of the Middle Ages that saw the flowering of the mystical element in Christendom, the Rabbinic Judaism of southern Europe was transformed by the eruption of new, Gnostic attitudes and symbolism. This new movement, known as Kabbalah (literally the 'Tradition'), was characterized by the symbol of the ten sefirot. By means of the sefirotic imagery, virtually the whole of everyday life was linked to the cosmic dimension in a novel and highly original fashion that stressed the dynamic, evolutionary element of the Godhead and the synergistic relationship between the human will and the action of God on earth. During a century of creativity, a detailed system of symbols and concepts was created by the author of the Sefer ha-Bahir, the Kabbalists of Provence, the Iyyun circle, and the mystics of Provence and Castile that set the stage for the great Kabbalists of the Zohar generation.
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In the late twelfth century, at the height of the Middle Ages that saw the flowering of the mystical element in Christendom, the Rabbinic Judaism of southern Europe was transformed by the eruption of new, Gnostic attitudes and symbolism. This new movement, known as Kabbalah (literally the 'Tradition'), was characterized by the symbol of the ten sefirot. By means of the sefirotic imagery, virtually the whole of everyday life was linked to the cosmic dimension in a novel and highly original fashion that stressed the dynamic, evolutionary element of the Godhead and the synergistic relationship between the human will and the action of God on earth. During a century of creativity, a detailed system of symbols and concepts was created by the author of the Sefer ha-Bahir, the Kabbalists of Provence, the Iyyun circle, and the mystics of Provence and Castile that set the stage for the great Kabbalists of the Zohar generation.
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special cherub, unreflecting mirror, sefirotic tree, emanated powers, ten utterances, holy creatures, letter bet, letter alef, esoteric theology, ten sefirot, divine emanations, middle pillar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy One, Sefer Yesirah, Rabbi Isaac, Genesis Rabbab, Rabbi Yohanan, Lord God, Holy Spirit, Rabbi Ishmael, Genesis Rabbah, Glory of His Kingdom, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Ezra, Rabbi Hanina, Supreme Crown, Elevated Height, Rabbi Hamai, Talmudic Legends, Torah of Truth New!
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Few texts of the 'Iyyun circle have been published, and what has been published is full of errors and not really useful. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
special cherub, unreflecting mirror, sefirotic tree, emanated powers, ten utterances, holy creatures, letter bet, letter alef, esoteric theology, ten sefirot, divine emanations, middle pillar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy One, Sefer Yesirah, Rabbi Isaac, Genesis Rabbab, Rabbi Yohanan, Lord God, Holy Spirit, Rabbi Ishmael, Genesis Rabbah, Glory of His Kingdom, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Ezra, Rabbi Hanina, Supreme Crown, Elevated Height, Rabbi Hamai, Talmudic Legends, Torah of Truth New!
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- Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Daniel Chanan Matt in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism (Mysticism & Kabbalah) by Gershom Scholem in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Gershom Scholem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Studies in Jewish Mysticism by Joseph Dan in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides in Front Matter, and page 149
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- Eve & Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender by Linda S. Schearing on 4 pages
- The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom, 1000-1500 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) by Robert Chazan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Reading the Zohar: The Sacred Text of the Kabbalah by Pinchas Giller in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) by Peter Schafer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy (Yale Nota Bene) by Mr. Yuri Stoyanov in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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