Disclosing A Portion The Inner Mechanics Of The Torah
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Disclosing A Portion The Inner Mechanics Of The Torah
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Author : Michael Laitman
language : en
Publisher: Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Release Date : 2014-03-03
Disclosing A Portion The Inner Mechanics Of The Torah written by Michael Laitman and has been published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-03 with Literary Collections categories.
The Pentateuch, or The Five Books of Moses, is a fascinating odyssey of a nation in the making. Yet, underneath the tales that reveal human nature at its zenith and at its nadir lies an ocean of wisdom that, if uncovered, can alter reality itself. Dr. Michael Laitman’s Disclosing a Portion: the inner mechanics of the Torah uncovers some of that wisdom in a manner none other has done before. Throughout the year, each week observant Jews read a different portion of the Pentateuch (which they refer to as the “Torah”). Each portion deals with a different topic, and is titled according to the first word, or words, in the portion. As you read through the portions, you will discover that each of the protagonists in the stories we’ve known for so long is not a myth, but a living force within. These forces direct and determine your path in life, and when you come to know them, you come to know your true self. Take your time to delve into the text, and portion by portion you will find new meanings that will enrich and empower you as you become the happy, confident person that you dream of being.
Talmud Eser Sefirot Volume One
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Author : Rav Yehuda Leib Ashlag
language : en
Publisher: Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Release Date : 2022-11-06
Talmud Eser Sefirot Volume One written by Rav Yehuda Leib Ashlag and has been published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-06 with Religion categories.
This series of books contains the works of the ARI, the foundation for the study of the Kabbalah, accompanied by the commentary of the Baal Hasulam. Questions and answers, explanations, and a guide to achieving the Upper Worlds are contained within this scientific text. This is a preliminary translation covering the foundational sections of Talmud Eser Sefirot and Baal Hasulam’s commentary. Selected sections have been translated in this edition; more will be translated in the near future and will be published in a complete edition.
Torah Queeries
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Author : Gregg Drinkwater
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Torah Queeries written by Gregg Drinkwater and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Religion categories.
A modernized, queer reading of the Torah. In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. These weekly portions, read aloud in synagogues around the world, have been subject to interpretation and commentary for centuries. Following on this ancient tradition, Torah Queeries brings together some of the world’s leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a “bent lens.” With commentaries on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and six major Jewish holidays, the concise yet substantive writings collected here open stimulating new insights and highlight previously neglected perspectives. This incredibly rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary American Judaism. All bring to the table unique methods of reading and interpreting that allow the Torah to speak to modern concerns of sexuality, identity, gender, and LGBT life. Torah Queeries offers cultural critique, social commentary, and a vision of community transformation, all done through biblical interpretation. Written to engage readers, draw them in, and, at times, provoke them, Torah Queeries examines topics as divergent as the Levitical sexual prohibitions, the experience of the Exodus, the rape of Dinah, the life of Joseph, and the ritual practices of the ancient Israelites. Most powerfully, the commentaries here chart a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the Jewish textual tradition. A labor of intellectual rigor, social justice, and personal passions, Torah Queeries is an exciting and important contribution to the project of democratizing Jewish communities, and an essential guide to understanding the intersection of queerness and Jewishness.
The Secret Symmetry Of Maimonides And Freud
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Author : Nathan Szajnberg
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-06-13
The Secret Symmetry Of Maimonides And Freud written by Nathan Szajnberg and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-13 with Psychology categories.
The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud presents the parallels between The Guide of the Perplexed and The Interpretation of Dreams, considering how Maimonides might be perceived as anticipating Freud’s much later work. The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud suggests that humankind has secrets to hide and does so by using common mechanisms and embedding revealing hints for the benefit of the true reader. Using a psychoanalytic approach in tandem with literary criticism and an in-depth assessment of Judaica, Szajnberg demonstrates the similarities between these two towering Jewish intellectual pillars. Using concepts of esoteric literature from the Torah and later texts, this book analyses their ideas on concealing and revealing to gain a renewed perspective on Freud’s view of dreams. Throughout, Szajnberg articulates the challenges of reading translated works and how we can address the pitfalls in such translations. The book is a vital read for psychoanalysts in training and practice, as well as those interested in Judaica, the history of ideas, and early medieval studies.
Bridging The Gap
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Author : Avi Fertig
language : en
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Bridging The Gap written by Avi Fertig and has been published by Feldheim Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Faith (Judaism) categories.
An Introduction To The Kabbalah
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Author : Moshe Hallamish
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
An Introduction To The Kabbalah written by Moshe Hallamish and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
This book acquaints the reader with the world of the Kabbalah. The first part discusses the Kabbalist as a person: the personal transmission of Kabbalistic traditions, the Kabbalist's qualities and qualifications, prerequisites and early preparations, risks and achievements, as well as techniques for uncovering mysteries and the sources of revelations. The second part deals with the major themes in the teachings of the Kabbalah, such as the doctrine of the Sefirot, the Sitra–Ahra—good and evil, the creation of the world, the status of the Torah and its commandments, the doctrine of the soul and the transmigration of souls. In treating these issues, the book also notes the assimilation of Kabbalistic notions in Jewish religious customs.
Religion Language And The Human Mind
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Author : Paul Chilton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-03
Religion Language And The Human Mind written by Paul Chilton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What is religion? How does it work? Many natural abilities of the human mind are involved, and crucial among them is the ability to use language. This volume brings together research from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, to understand the phenomena of religion as a distinctly human enterprise. The book is divided into three parts, each part preceded by a full introductory chapter by the editors that discusses modern scientific approaches to religion and the application of modern linguistics, particularly cognitive linguistics and pragmatics. Part I surveys the development of modern studies of religious language and the diverse disciplinary strands that have emerged. Beginning with descriptive approaches to religious language and the problem of describing religious concepts across languages, chapters introduce the turn to cognition in linguistics and also in theology, and explore the brain's contrasting capacities, in particular its capacity for language and metaphor. Part II continues the discussion of metaphor - the natural ability by which humans draw on basic knowledge of the world in order to explore abstractions and intangibles. Specialists in particular religions apply conceptual metaphor theory in various ways, covering several major religious traditions-Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Part III seeks to open up new horizons for cognitive-linguistic research on religion, looking beyond written texts to the ways in which language is integrated with other modalities, including ritual, religious art, and religious electronic media. Chapters in Part III introduce readers to a range of technical instruments that have been developed within cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis in recent years. What unfolds ultimately is the idea that the embodied cognition of humans is the basis not only of their languages, but also of their religions.
Hidden Intercourse
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Author : Wouter J. Hanegraaff
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-12-31
Hidden Intercourse written by Wouter J. Hanegraaff and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-31 with Religion categories.
From rumours about gnostic orgies in antiquity to the explicit erotic symbolism of alchemical texts, from the subtly coded eroticism of medieval kabbalah to the sexual magic practiced by contemporary occultists and countercultural translations of Asian Tantra, the history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality. This volume, which brings together an impressive array of top-level specialists, is the first to analyze the eroticism of the esoteric without sensationalism or cheap generalizations, but on the basis of expert scholarship and attention to textual and historical detail. While there are few other domains where the imagination may so easily run wild, the various contributions seek to distinguish fact from fiction--only to find that historical realities are sometimes even stranger than the fantasies. In doing so, they reveal the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.
Happiness In Premodern Judaism
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Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
language : en
Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
Release Date : 2003-12-31
Happiness In Premodern Judaism written by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and has been published by Hebrew Union College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with Social Science categories.
It is not common to think that Jews were interested in happiness or that Judaism has anything to say about happiness. On the contrary, the concept of happiness was a central concern of Jewish thinkers. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century. These claims make sense if one understands happiness as human flourishing on the basis of Aristotle's thought in the Nichomachean Ethics. Linking virtue, knowledge, and well-being, Aristotle's analysis of happiness can be traced in Jewish understanding of human flourishing as early as the Greco-Roman world, but the fusion of Greek and Judaic perspectives on happiness reached its zenith in in the Middle Ages in the thought of Moses Maimonides and his followers. Even the controversies about Maimonides' ideas could be viewed as discussions about the meaning of happiness and the way to attain it within Judaism. Much of this book, then, concerns the reception of Aristotle's Ethics in medieval Jewish philosophy. This book shows how a certain notion of happiness reflects the intellectual culture of a given period, including cultural exchanges among Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Demonstrating the discourse on happiness as a dramatic interplay between Wisdom and Torah, between philosophy and religion, between reason and faith, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson presents, to specialists and non-specialists alike, a fascinating tour of Jewish intellectual history.
Commentary On Midrash Rabba In The Sixteenth Century
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Author : Benjamin Williams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Commentary On Midrash Rabba In The Sixteenth Century written by Benjamin Williams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Religion categories.
This work highlights the importance of Abraham ben Asher's commentary on Genesis Rabba, demonstrating the influence of this commentary on both his contemporaries and printed editions of the classical Midrashim to the present day.