Concealment and revelation : esotericism in Jewish thought and its philosophical implications /

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Author / Creator:Halbertal, Moshe.
Uniform title:Seter ṿe-gilui. English
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 200 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11198395
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ISBN:9781400827961
1400827965
1282159186
9781282159181
9780691125718
0691125716
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, great new trends of Jewish thought emerged whose widely varied representatives--Kabbalists, philosophers, and astrologers--each claimed that their particular understanding revealed the actual secret of the Torah. They presented their own readings in a coded fashion that has come to be regarded by many as the very essence of esotericism. Concealment and Revelation takes us on a fascinating journey to the depths of the esoteric imagination. Carefully tracing the rise of esotericism and its function in medieval Jewish thought, Moshe Halbertal's richly.
Other form:Print version: Halbertal, Moshe. Seter ṿe-gilui. English. Concealment and revelation. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007 9780691125718 0691125716