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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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'Segol provides a clearly-written guide through the maze of medieval commentaries and modern academic scholarship surrounding the Sefer Yetsirah. With remarkable lucidity, she introduces us to the mind-set of medieval Jews who sought through Hebrew letter combinations, ritualized dance, and the creation of a golem to alter the earthly and divine realms. Readers interested in a central work of medieval mysticism and Kabbalah will welcome this new methodological approach to Sefer Yetsirah, a central though utterly enigmatic classic. Yet, scholars of Religious Studies, even those not versed in medieval literature, will be rewarded by Segol's use of the medieval texts, diagrams, and commentaries as a means to address the larger issues that have shaped academic scholarship, particularly the issues surrounding magic and religion.' - Jody Myers, California State University, Northridge
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah
Authors: Marla Segol
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137043139
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6974-3Published: 19 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53143-1Published: 19 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-04313-9Published: 29 October 2012
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 197
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Religion, Medieval Literature, Literary History, Judaism