Mystic Tales from the Zohar Paperback / softback
Part of the Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Zohar, or "brilliant light," is the central text of Kabbalah.
In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth.
This selection offers original translations of eight of the most well developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and detailed commentary.
The tales deal with the themes of sin and repentance, death, exile, redemption, and resurrection.
Most importantly, they are stories, they are literature, and here they are finally analyzed as such.
Using comparative information, Aryeh Wineman places the tales in their historical and etymological contexts.
He cites a variety of theorists of myth, including Otto Rank, C.
G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell, all of whom sought to connect the motifs of the Zohar to universal motifs.
He ties the stories to the tenets of Kabbalah, to one another, and to the world's universal symbols and meanings.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:19/04/1998
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- ISBN:9780691058337
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:19/04/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691058337
