LEADER 00000cam a2200733Ki 4500 001 ocn894510269 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040439.4 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 141105s2014 nju ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780813568768|qelectronic book 020 0813568765|qelectronic book 020 |z9780813568751 020 |z0813568757 035 (OCoLC)894510269 037 22573/ctt968d7c|bJSTOR 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dP@U|dJSTOR|dCOO |dOCLCO|dEBLCP|dDEBSZ 043 e-sp--- 049 RIDW 050 4 BM354|b.L38 2014eb 072 7 REL|x040000|2bisacsh 072 7 REL040060|2bisacsh 082 04 296.1/609460902|223 090 BM354|b.L38 2014eb 100 1 Lachter, Hartley,|d1974-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2014007366|eauthor. 245 10 Kabbalistic Revolution :|breimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain. 264 1 New Brunwick, N.J :|bRutgers University Press,|c[2014] 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Jewish cultures of the world 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 Medieval Kabbalah was successful because it advanced a powerful way of imagining the meaning and relevance of Judaism in light of the declining political status of Jews in Western Europe and the proliferation of Christian anti- Jewish thought. The kabbalists claimed to reveal a secret doctrine, hidden among the sages of Israel, in which Jews are placed at the center of the cosmic-divine drama, maintaining the harmony of the secret inner life of God and sustaining the universe through the practice of Jewish law. According to the members of this movement, Jewish ritual is the powerful mechanism through which Jews bring harmony to the hidden facets of the divine world. In an environment in which Christian preachers claimed that Jews had been abandoned by God because they were blind to the true meaning of scripture, the kabbalists presented a radically different narrative, one that depicts Jewish religious life at the center of the universe. Medieval Kabbalah, when understood within its historical context, reveals itself to be a powerful gesture of cultural resistance that permanently transformed Judaism -- Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 12th century|2fast 648 7 13th century|2fast 650 0 Judaism|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85070835|zSpain|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79006971-781|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005024 650 0 Judaism|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85070847|y12th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002012455 650 0 Judaism|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85070847|y13th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002012456 650 0 Mysticism|xJudaism|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008108165|y12th century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012455 650 0 Mysticism|xJudaism|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008108165|y13th century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012456 650 0 Cabala.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85018546 650 7 Judaism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/984280 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Mysticism|xJudaism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1031646 650 7 Cabala.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/843481 651 7 Spain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204303 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLachter, Hartley, 1974- author. |tKabbalistic Revolution|z9780813568751|w(DLC) 2014004942 |w(OCoLC)870530851 830 0 Jewish cultures of the world.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2009153202 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=880462|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID