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Lumière sur le Zohar
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ISBN: 2706807466 9782706807466 Year: 1978 Publisher: Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose,

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The art of mystical narrative : a poetics of the Zohar
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ISBN: 9780199948635 9780190073176 0190073179 9780190885472 9780199948642 9780190885489 0199948631 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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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.

Studies in the Zohar
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ISBN: 0791411893 0791411907 9780791411902 9780791411896 Year: 1993 Publisher: Albany: State university of New York press,

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