Through a Speculum that Shines

Through a Speculum that Shines
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 466
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ISBN-10 : 0691017220
ISBN-13 : 9780691017228
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Download or read book Through a Speculum that Shines written by Elliot R. Wolfson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaic scholar Elliot Wolfson's triple award-winning study examines Jewish mystical texts from late antiquity, pre-kabbalistic sources from the 10th to the 12th centuries, and 12th- and 13th-century kabbalistic literature, describing Jewish mysticism and the overwhelmingly visual nature of religious experience in Jewish spirituality from antiquity through the late Middle Ages.


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