| Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship Contributor(s): Fine, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804738254 ISBN-13: 9780804738255 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2003 Annotation: " ...among the finest works of recent Judaic scholarship." -- The Forward " We come away from this book awed by Fine' s scholarship, and with a better understanding of how Rabbi Isaac Luria, who wanted his writings to be concealed after his death, nevertheless produced ideas so powerful that they transformed the nature of Judaism for centuries." -- San Diego Jewish Journal |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 296.833 |
| LCCN: 2002154139 |
| Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.42" W x 9.3" (1.74 lbs) 504 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a study of Isaac Luria (1534-72), one of the most remarkable and influential figures of late-medieval and early-modern Jewish mysticism. It looks primarily at Luria as a real historical figure, in the context of his relationship with his circle of disciples in the Galilean city of Safed, the great center of kabbalistic thought and teaching. |