{"product_id":"kabbalistic-revolution-reimagining-judaism-in-medieval-spain-hardback-9780813568751","title":"Kabbalistic Revolution; Reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain (Hardback) 9780813568751","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKabbalistic Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHartley Lachter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813568751\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 1 figure\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is an exceptionally fresh and significant contribution. It is an important corrective to the tendency to sublimate social history to the history of ideas.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is an exceptionally fresh and significant contribution. It is an important corrective to the tendency to sublimate social history to the history of ideas.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lachter's work is a compelling and important study of the manner in which Kabbalah responded to political and cultural pressures in Castile at a time of striking proliferation of kabbalistic literature.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jonathan Dauber (professor of Jewish mysticism, Yeshiva University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lachter's work is a compelling and important study of the manner in which Kabbalah responded to political and cultural pressures in Castile at a time of striking proliferation of kabbalistic literature.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jonathan Dauber (professor of Jewish mysticism, Yeshiva University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A worthwhile and edifying contribution to contemporary scholarship on medieval Jewish mysticism.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (H-Judaic) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A worthwhile and edifying contribution to contemporary scholarship on medieval Jewish mysticism.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (H-Judaic) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lachter succeeds admirably in moving scholarship forward.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (AJS Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lachter succeeds admirably in moving scholarship forward.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (AJS Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe set of Jewish mystical teachings known as Kabbalah are often imagined as timeless texts, teachings that have been passed down through the millennia. Yet, as this groundbreaking new study shows, Kabbalah flourished in a specific time and place, emerging in response to the social prejudices that Jews faced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHartley Lachter, a scholar of religion studies, transports us to medieval Spain, a place where anti-Semitic propaganda was on the rise and Jewish political power was on the wane. \u003ci\u003eKabbalistic Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e proposes that, given this context, Kabbalah must be understood as a radically empowering political discourse.  While the era’s Christian preachers claimed that Jews were blind to the true meaning of scripture and had been abandoned by God, the Kabbalists countered with a doctrine that granted Jews a uniquely privileged relationship with God. Lachter demonstrates how Kabbalah envisioned this increasingly marginalized group at the center of the universe, their mystical practices serving to maintain the harmony of the divine world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFor students of Jewish mysticism, \u003ci\u003eKabbalistic Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new approach to the development of medieval Kabbalah. Yet the book’s central questions should appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationships between religious discourses, political struggles, and ethnic pride. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Kabbalistic Writing in Late Thirteenth-Century Castile\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Masters of Secrets: Claiming Power with Concealed Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Secrets of the Cosmos: Creating a Kabbalistic Universe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Secrets of the Self: Kabbalistic Anthropology and Divine Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Jewish Bodies and Divine Power: Theurgy and Jewish Law\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Prayer Above and Below: Kabbalistic Constructions of the Power of Jewish Worship\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostscript-Cultural Logics: Kabbalah, Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBilbiography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559344173336,"sku":"9780813568751","price":87.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kabbalistic-revolution-reimagining-judaism-in-medieval-spain-hardback-9780813568751","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}