4 New Approaches to the Study of Kabbalistic Life in 16th-Century Safed

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Reading Mysteries 1
5. I. JEWISH MYSTICISM TAKES SHAPE
6. 1 Ancient Jewish Mysticism 33
7. 2 The Zohar 49
8. 3 Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the Prophetic Kabbalah 68
9. 4 New Approaches to the Study of Kabbalistic Life in 16th-Century Safed 91
10. II. BECOMING MODERN
11. 5 Mystical Messianism 115
12. 6 Hasidism 139
13. 7 Christian Kabbalah 159
14. III. CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS
15. 8 Kabbalah at the Turn of the 21st Century 175
16. 9 Gender in Jewish Mysticism 191
17. Epilogue 231
18. About the Contributors 239
19. Index 243