- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The World-Absorbing Text
- 2 The God-Absorbing Text
- 3 Text and Interpretation Infinities in Kabbalah
- 4 The Book that Contains and Maintains All
- 5 Magical and Magical-Mystical Arcanizations of Canonical Books
- 6 Torah Study and Mystical Experiences in Jewish Mysticism
- 7 Secrecy, Binah, and Derishah
- 8 Semantics, Constellation, and Interpretation
- 9 Radical Forms of Jewish Hermeneutics
- 10 The Symbolic Mode in Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah
- 11 Allegories, Divine Names, and Experiences in Ecstatic Kabbalah
- 12 Tzerufei 'Otiyyot
- 13 Tradition, Transmission, and Techniques
- 14 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1 Pardes: The Fourfold Method of Interpretation
- Appendix 2 Abraham Abulafia's Torah of Blood and Ink
- Appendix 3 R. Isaac of Acre's Exegetical Quandary
- Appendix 4 The Exile of the Torah and the Imprisonment of Secrets
- Appendix 5 On Oral Torah and Multiple Interpretations in Hasidism
- Appendix 6 “Book of God”/“Book of Law” in Late-Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Bibliography
- Index
The Symbolic Mode in Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah
The Symbolic Mode in Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah
- Chapter:
- (p.272) 10 The Symbolic Mode in Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah
- Source:
- Absorbing Perfections
- Author(s):
Moshe Idel
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter explains the nature and arrival of Kabbalistic symbols that are different from the dominant scholarship. It considers the Eco's theory of symbolism as a textual code, and studies the scholarly view of the nature of the symbol within Kabbalah. This is then followed by discussions on the circumstances of the symbol's emergence, symbolism in Kabbalistic discourse, and the symbol of the maiden within the hidden layer of the Torah. The next sections center on the Zohar, specifically the remythologization of the biblical text, sexual polarization, and symbolism in Zoharic literature.
Keywords: Kabbalistic symbols, Eco's theory of symbolism, symbolism, Kabbalah, maiden, Torah, Zohar, sexual polarization, Zoharic literature
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The World-Absorbing Text
- 2 The God-Absorbing Text
- 3 Text and Interpretation Infinities in Kabbalah
- 4 The Book that Contains and Maintains All
- 5 Magical and Magical-Mystical Arcanizations of Canonical Books
- 6 Torah Study and Mystical Experiences in Jewish Mysticism
- 7 Secrecy, Binah, and Derishah
- 8 Semantics, Constellation, and Interpretation
- 9 Radical Forms of Jewish Hermeneutics
- 10 The Symbolic Mode in Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah
- 11 Allegories, Divine Names, and Experiences in Ecstatic Kabbalah
- 12 Tzerufei 'Otiyyot
- 13 Tradition, Transmission, and Techniques
- 14 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1 Pardes: The Fourfold Method of Interpretation
- Appendix 2 Abraham Abulafia's Torah of Blood and Ink
- Appendix 3 R. Isaac of Acre's Exegetical Quandary
- Appendix 4 The Exile of the Torah and the Imprisonment of Secrets
- Appendix 5 On Oral Torah and Multiple Interpretations in Hasidism
- Appendix 6 “Book of God”/“Book of Law” in Late-Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Bibliography
- Index
