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Author: Eitan P. Fishbane Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780190073176 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 536
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In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these centuries of study, very little attention has been devoted to the literary dimensions of the text, or to formal appreciation of its status as one of the great works of religious literature. The Art of Mystical Narrative offers a critical approach to the zoharic story, seeking to explore the interplay between fictional discourse and mystical exegesis. Eitan Fishbane argues that the narrative must be understood first and foremost as a work of the fictional imagination, a representation of a world and reality invented by the thirteenth-century authors of the text. He claims that the text functions as a kind of dramatic literature, one in which the power of revealing mystical secrets is demonstrated and performed for the reading audience. The Art of Mystical Narrative offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the Zohar and on the intersections of literary and religious studies.
Author: Eitan P. Fishbane Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780190073176 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 536
Book Description
In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these centuries of study, very little attention has been devoted to the literary dimensions of the text, or to formal appreciation of its status as one of the great works of religious literature. The Art of Mystical Narrative offers a critical approach to the zoharic story, seeking to explore the interplay between fictional discourse and mystical exegesis. Eitan Fishbane argues that the narrative must be understood first and foremost as a work of the fictional imagination, a representation of a world and reality invented by the thirteenth-century authors of the text. He claims that the text functions as a kind of dramatic literature, one in which the power of revealing mystical secrets is demonstrated and performed for the reading audience. The Art of Mystical Narrative offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the Zohar and on the intersections of literary and religious studies.
Author: Eitan P. Fishbane Publisher: ISBN: 0199948631 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 535
Book Description
In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in the modern day. Yet despite these centuries of study, very little attention has been devoted to the literary dimensions of the text. The Art of Mystical Narrative argues that the Zohar story must be understood first and foremost as a work of the fictional imagination.
Author: Oscar W. Humphrey Publisher: Wentworth Press ISBN: 9781372323218 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 88
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Author: Phyllis Bentley Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331460117 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 62
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Excerpt from Some Observations on the Art of Narrative I find I can explain my View of the nature of narrative in fiction, its varieties and the place it occupies between the reader and the imaginary world of the novel most easily ifi translate a psychological fact into a physical metaphor, and say that the reader is divided from the imaginary world of the novel by a high wall over which he cannot see. On the top of the wall is perched the novelist. He looks down into the world of his imagination and then turns to the reader and tells him what is going on there. The novelist does not, like the dramatist, pick up bits of his world and set them down on the near side of the wall for actors to animate and his audience to see; the novelist narrates; he tells what he sees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henry Iliowizi Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 167
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Weird Orient: Nine Mystic Tales" by Henry Iliowizi. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Aaron W. Hughes Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253110874 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 289
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The Texture of the Divine explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Islam and Judaism. Aaron W. Hughes looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the Hayy ibn Yaqzan cycle (dating roughly from 1000--1200 CE) to reveal the interconnections not only between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts is an initiatory tale, recounting a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. These narratives culminate in the imaginative apprehension of God, in which the traveler gazes into the divine presence. The tales are beautiful and poetic literary works as well as probing philosophical treatises on how the individual can know the unknowable. In this groundbreaking work, Hughes reveals the literary, initiatory, ritualistic, and mystical dimensions of medieval Neoplatonism. The Texture of the Divine also includes the first complete English translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's Hay ben Meqitz.
Author: Aleister Crowley Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1631184245 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 145
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Aleister Crowley left behind a literary legacy of hundreds of examples of his authorship, in nearly all categories of writing. Collected here is a sampling of those writings. Included are the pieces: The Message of the Master Therion, The Glow Worm, The Stratagem, The Magick Cup, Liber Resh, The Sabbath, The Cry of the 12th Aethyr which is Called LOE, Absinthe: The Green Goddess, Liber Porta Lucis, Apollo Bestows the Violin, The Soul of the Desert, The Opium-Smoker, Baphomet, The Drug, Liber A'ash, The Dangers of Mysticism, The Rosicrucian and The Law of Liberty.
Author: Joseph Dan Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195139792 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 342
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Over 25 selections reflect the remarkable scope of Jewish mysticism, from the visions of Rabbi Akiba and Rabbi Ishmael to the secrets of the Zohar; from apocalyptic, messianic and magical texts to the writings of four contemporary Israeli poets.
Author: Eitan P. Fishbane
Author: Eitan P. Fishbane
Author: Eitan P. Fishbane
Author: Phyllis Eleanor Bentley
Author: Oscar W. Humphrey
Author: Phyllis Bentley
Author: Henry Iliowizi
Author: Aaron W. Hughes
Author: Oscar W. Humphrey
Author: Aleister Crowley
Author: Joseph Dan