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Daniel Matt - The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Nine - 9780804794404 - V9780804794404
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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Nine

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Description for The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Nine Hardback. Translator(s): Matt, Daniel Chanan. Series: The Zohar. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 262 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1842.

Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since it emerged in medieval Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written in lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of mystical literature, comprising over twenty sections. The bulk of the Zohar consists of mystical interpretation of the Torah, from Genesis through Deuteronomy.

The ninth volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition completes this running commentary on the Torah. Rabbi Shim'on and his Companions explore passages from the middle of the book of Numbers through the end of Deuteronomy. Among ... Read more

Near the very end of the Zohar on the Torah comes the remarkable section known as Idra Zuta (The Small Assembly). This dramatic narrative describes the last gathering of Rabbi Shim'on and the Companions before his death. Here the master reveals profound mysteries of divine being, and then departs from this world to unite ecstatically with the Divine Feminine, Shekhinah. Before departing, Rabbi Shim'on invites all of the Companions to his wedding celebration above.

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Zohar
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804794404
SKU
V9780804794404
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15

About Daniel Matt
Daniel C. Matt is a leading authority on Jewish mysticism. For twenty years, he served as Professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also taught at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Matt is the author of The Essential Kabbalah (1995), God and the Big Bang (1996), and Zohar: Annotated and Explained (2002). He ... Read more

Reviews for The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Nine
"The Pritzker edition...serves up the Zohar lucidly and clearly for the reader of English.For the first time, the modern reader is given the keys to a classic text from the Jewish bookshelf, and a broad opening is created to an understanding of the world of medieval kabbala and the streams branching off from it."—Omri Shasha, Haaretz

Goodreads reviews for The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Nine


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