Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah

Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 1403969744
ISBN-13 : 9781403969743
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Book Synopsis Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah by : M. Segol

Download or read book Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah written by M. Segol and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sefer Yetsirah (the Book of Creation ) is a core text of the early kabbalah, yet scholars have struggled to establish even the most basic facts about the work. This project attempts to discover the ways in which diagrams accompanying the text and its commentaries show trends in the development of the kabbalistic tradition as a whole.


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