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The Resource The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism, Michael Fishbane
The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism, Michael Fishbane
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The item The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism, Michael Fishbane represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
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- The lines of Michael Fishbane's book trace the spiritual face of Judaism in one of its many appearances. Fishbane explores the quest for spiritual perfection in early rabbinic sources and in Jewish philosophy and mysticism. The "kiss of God," a symbol for union with God, and the ritual practices - meditation and performance - connected with it are presented
- The book identifies a persistent passion for religious perfection, expressed as the love of God unto death itself. The masters of the tradition cultivated this ideal in all periods, in diverse genres, and in different modes. Rabbinic law and midrash, medieval philosophy and mysticism, public and private ritual all contributed to its development. Rooted in the understanding that the spiritual life requires discipline, the sages set up different ladders of ascension
- For some, the Law itself was the means of spiritual growth; for others, more private practices were built upon its foundation. But all agreed that the purification of desire and the perfection of the soul offered the hope of personal salvation. None denied the historical redemption of the nation
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 156 pages
- Contents
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- 1. "If you wish to live, then die": Aspects of Death and Desire in Jewish Spirituality
- 2. "For Your sake we are killed all day long": The Sanctification of God in Love
- 3. "As if he sacrificed a soul": Forms of Ritual Simulation and Substitution
- Isbn
- 9780295975559
- Label
- The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism
- Title
- The kiss of God
- Title remainder
- spiritual and mystical death in Judaism
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Fishbane
- Subject
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- Death -- Religious aspects | Judaism
- Dieu -- Judaïsme
- Dood
- God (Judaism) -- Worship and love
- God (Judaism) -- Worship and love
- Jodendom
- Judaism -- Doctrines
- Judaism -- Doctrines
- Judaïsme -- Doctrines
- Mort -- Aspect religieux | Judaïsme
- Mystiek
- Rabbinische Literatur
- Spiritual life -- Judaism
- Spiritual life -- Judaism
- Unio mystica
- Vie spirituelle -- Judaïsme
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Death -- Religious aspects | Judaism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- The lines of Michael Fishbane's book trace the spiritual face of Judaism in one of its many appearances. Fishbane explores the quest for spiritual perfection in early rabbinic sources and in Jewish philosophy and mysticism. The "kiss of God," a symbol for union with God, and the ritual practices - meditation and performance - connected with it are presented
- The book identifies a persistent passion for religious perfection, expressed as the love of God unto death itself. The masters of the tradition cultivated this ideal in all periods, in diverse genres, and in different modes. Rabbinic law and midrash, medieval philosophy and mysticism, public and private ritual all contributed to its development. Rooted in the understanding that the spiritual life requires discipline, the sages set up different ladders of ascension
- For some, the Law itself was the means of spiritual growth; for others, more private practices were built upon its foundation. But all agreed that the purification of desire and the perfection of the soul offered the hope of personal salvation. None denied the historical redemption of the nation
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fishbane, Michael
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BM723
- LC item number
- .F53 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Spiritual life
- God (Judaism)
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Death
- Judaism
- Death
- God (Judaism)
- Judaism
- Spiritual life
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Mystiek
- Dood
- Jodendom
- Vie spirituelle
- Dieu
- Mort
- Judaïsme
- Rabbinische Literatur
- Unio mystica
- Label
- The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism, Michael Fishbane
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-151) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. "If you wish to live, then die": Aspects of Death and Desire in Jewish Spirituality -- 2. "For Your sake we are killed all day long": The Sanctification of God in Love -- 3. "As if he sacrificed a soul": Forms of Ritual Simulation and Substitution
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 156 pages
- Isbn
- 9780295975559
- Lccn
- 93031394
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)28632278
- (OCoLC)ocm28632278
- Label
- The kiss of God : spiritual and mystical death in Judaism, Michael Fishbane
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-151) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. "If you wish to live, then die": Aspects of Death and Desire in Jewish Spirituality -- 2. "For Your sake we are killed all day long": The Sanctification of God in Love -- 3. "As if he sacrificed a soul": Forms of Ritual Simulation and Substitution
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 156 pages
- Isbn
- 9780295975559
- Lccn
- 93031394
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)28632278
- (OCoLC)ocm28632278
Subject
- Death -- Religious aspects | Judaism
- Dieu -- Judaïsme
- Dood
- God (Judaism) -- Worship and love
- God (Judaism) -- Worship and love
- Jodendom
- Judaism -- Doctrines
- Judaism -- Doctrines
- Judaïsme -- Doctrines
- Mort -- Aspect religieux | Judaïsme
- Mystiek
- Rabbinische Literatur
- Spiritual life -- Judaism
- Spiritual life -- Judaism
- Unio mystica
- Vie spirituelle -- Judaïsme
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Yetzer hara (Judaism)
- Death -- Religious aspects | Judaism
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