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Lawrence Fine
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Note to Readers xv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introduction: Embodying the Study of Lurianic Kabbalah 1
- 1. Rabbinical Scholar, Spice Dealer, Contemplative Ascetic: Luria's Life in Egypt 19
- 2. Lamenting Exile, Striving for Redemption: Pre-Lurianic Safed 41
- 3. Saintliness, Heavenly Communication, and the Divinatory Arts: Luria's Charismatic Religious Authority 78
- 4. Lurianic Myth 124
- 5. Physician of the Soul 150
- 6. Tiqqun: Healing the Cosmos Through the Performance of Mitsvot 187
- 7. Tiqqun: Healing the Cosmos Through Devotional Prayer 220
- 8. Communing with the "Very Special Dead": The Practice of Yiḥudim 259
- 9. Metempsychosis, Mystical Fellowship, and Messianic Redemption 300
- Notes 361
- Select Bibliography 445
- Index 469
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Note to Readers xv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introduction: Embodying the Study of Lurianic Kabbalah 1
- 1. Rabbinical Scholar, Spice Dealer, Contemplative Ascetic: Luria's Life in Egypt 19
- 2. Lamenting Exile, Striving for Redemption: Pre-Lurianic Safed 41
- 3. Saintliness, Heavenly Communication, and the Divinatory Arts: Luria's Charismatic Religious Authority 78
- 4. Lurianic Myth 124
- 5. Physician of the Soul 150
- 6. Tiqqun: Healing the Cosmos Through the Performance of Mitsvot 187
- 7. Tiqqun: Healing the Cosmos Through Devotional Prayer 220
- 8. Communing with the "Very Special Dead": The Practice of Yiḥudim 259
- 9. Metempsychosis, Mystical Fellowship, and Messianic Redemption 300
- Notes 361
- Select Bibliography 445
- Index 469
