Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration

1 The Jewish Mystical Library and the New Vision of Reality
2 The Infinity of Meaning Embedded in the Sacred Text
3 The Mystical Figure: Life without Limits
4 Mystical Language and Magical Language: 'Had I been using tongues of men and angels'

Appendix: Historical and Literary Figures, Kabbalists, and Mystics Mentioned in Jewish Mystical Literature
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Rachel Elior is John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Mystical Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has been a research fellow and visiting professor at University College London, the University of Amsterdam, Oberlin College, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and Princeton University. She is the author of numerous works on Jewish mysticism and hasidism. In 2006 she was awarded the Gershom Scholem Price for the Study of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Reviews

‘Will greatly reward the non-specialist reader who is willing to put in some effort in order to receive a taste of this amazing Jewish literary tradition.’ 
Aaron Howard, Jewish Herald-Voice

'A useful overview of Jewish mystical thought, overflowing with interesting insights.'
James R. Davila, Journal of Jewish Studies

'The book is extremely successful in delineating the existential meaning of the mystical phenomenon, and gives great insight into the popularity and attraction of this highly influential strand of Judaism.'
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