Absorbing Perfections by Moshe Idel
Kabbalah and Interpretation
A study of Jewish mysticism that explores how texts, rituals, and material culture were understood to internalize and reflect divine perfections, transforming interpretation into a mode of spiritual embodiment. It traces metaphors of ingestion, vision, and inscription through which readers and practitioners absorb sanctity, showing how these practices shape creativity, authority, and aesthetics. Situating kabbalistic hermeneutics alongside Neoplatonic and Renaissance currents, it rethinks the relationship between language, symbols, and divine presence across medieval and early modern contexts.
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- Published
- 2002
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 600-650
- Original Language
- English
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