Ultimate Intimacy: The Psychodynamics of Jewish Mysticism

ISBN-13: 9781855751057 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 432 str.

M. Ostow; Mortimer Ostow

Opis

With contributions and comments from a range of distinguished Biblical scholars, this work fulfils Mortimer Ostow's promise to unite psychoanalysis and study of the Kabbalah. Ranging over both general psychoanalytic commentaries on the framework of mysticism and the "apocalyptic complex" and essays on specific incidents in the Bible and the Kabbalah, it opens doors into many fascinating avenues of enquiry. A glossary of the terms used makes it accessible to those who have little or no knowledge of Jewish mysticism; they, along with more experienced students of the field, will find Ultimate Intimacy an engrossing and stimulating read.

Spis treści

Preface -- Editorial Note -- Prologue -- Dimensions of mysticism -- The apocalyptic complex -- Mysticism and Prophecy -- Chapter Three -- Ezekiel and the Elders of Judah: The workings of a prophetic trance -- Comments -- Esoteric Mysticism, Merkavah and Hekhalot -- Chapter Four -- Four entered the garden: normative religion versus illusion -- Comments -- Chapter Five -- The psychodynamics of merkavah mysticism -- Methodology -- Methodological reflections on psychoanalysis and Judaic studies: a response to Mortimer Ostow -- Comments -- Sex And Gender in the Kabbalah -- Introduction -- Sexual metaphors and praxis in the Kabbalah -- Comments -- Crossing gender boundaries in kabbalistic ritual and myth -- Comments -- Comments on Idel and Wolfson -- Epilogue -- Concluding comments: union and reunion

O autorze

Ostow, Mortimer