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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Four

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Description for The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Four Hardback. Covers the first half of "Exodus". This book discusses the mystical explorations of Pharaoh's enslavement of the Israelites, the birth of Moses, the deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai. It probes the biblical text and seeks deeper meaning of the nature of evil and its relation to the divine realm. Translator(s): Matt, Daniel Chanan. Series: The Zohar: Pritzker Edition. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1222.

Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century. Written in a unique, lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of literature, comprising over twenty discrete sections. The bulk of the Zohar consists of a running commentary on the Torah, from Genesis through Deuteronomy.

This fourth volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition covers the first half of Exodus. Here we find mystical explorations of Pharaoh's enslavement of the Israelites, the birth of ... Read more

These mystical interpretations are interwoven with tales of the Companions—rabbis wandering through the hills of Galilee, sharing their insights, coming upon wisdom in the most astonishing ways from a colorful cast of characters they meet on the road.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804757126
SKU
V9780804757126
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About Dk
Daniel C. Matt is a leading authority on Jewish mysticism. For over twenty years, he served as Professor of Jewish Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also taught at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published ten books, including The Essential Kabbalah; Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment; Zohar: Annotated and Explained; ... Read more

Reviews for The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Four
"A monumental contribution to the history of Jewish thought." —Koret Jewish Book Award, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volumes I and II "Daniel C. Matt is giving us what I hardly thought possible: a superbly fashioned translation and commentary that opens up the Zohar to the English-speaking world The lucidity and overwhelming relevance of Matt's Zohar will provide both ... Read more

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