Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Stanford, CA: Stanford, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 480pp. Beige cloth with red lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography and index. From the cover: "Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the history of Judaism, a visionary teacher who helped shape the course of nearly all subsequent Jewish mysticism. Given his importance, it is remarkable that this is the first scholarly work on him in English. Most studies of Lurianic Kabbalah focus on Luria’s mythic and speculative ideas or on the ritual and contemplative practices he taught. The central premise of this book is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus the book focuses on Luria the person and on his relationship to his disciples." Light bruising to corners and spine ends, otherwise a lovely clean near Fine copy in lightly creased VG+ dust jacket. Item #58528
ISBN: 0804738254
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