{"product_id":"the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-three-hardback-9780804752107","title":"The Zohar; Pritzker Edition, Volume Three (Hardback) 9780804752107","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Zohar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePritzker Edition, Volume Three\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel C. Matt (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804752107\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 December 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages, 7\" x 10\"\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 4 cm, 1.238 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\"Daniel Matt's translation of the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful approach to one of the most enchanting and intriguing texts of religious literature. . . . This new volume will be read and reread with delight and fervor by teachers and students alike.\"—Elie Wiesel \"An epochal event. . . . This work of learning will free us from the errors and misrepresentations that have long existed in almost all the popular accounts of the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e. We shall have this text in which the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e appears in all of its spiritual depth.\"—Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg \"Daniel C. Matt is giving us what I hardly thought possible: a superbly fashioned translation and commentary that opens up the Zohar to the English-speaking world. . . . The lucidity and overwhelming relevance of Matt's Zohar . . . will provide both common and uncommon readers with access to a work capable of changing the consciousness of those who enter it.\"—Harold Bloom, Yale University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition\u003c\/i\u003e completes the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e's commentary on the book of Genesis. Here we find spiritual explorations of numerous biblical narratives, including Jacob's wrestling with the angel, Joseph's kidnapping by his brothers, his near seduction by Potiphar's wife, his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, and his reunion with his brothers and father. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout, the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e probes the biblical text and seeks deeper meaning—for example, the divine intention behind Joseph's disappearance, or the profound significance of human sexuality. Divine and human realities intertwine, affecting one another. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward the end of Genesis, the Bible states: \u003ci\u003eJacob's days drew near to die\u003c\/i\u003e—an idiomatic expression that the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e insists on reading hyperliterally. Each human being is challenged to live his days virtuously. If he does, those days themselves are woven into a garment of splendor; at death, they \"draw near,\" enveloping him, escorting him to the beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSefer ha-Zohar\u003c\/i\u003e (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century. Written in a unique Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of literature, comprising over twenty discrete sections. The bulk of the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e consists of a running commentary on the Torah, from Genesis through Deuteronomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656107192600,"sku":"9780804752107","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-three-hardback-9780804752107","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}