Abstract
The study surveys the variety of concepts of time in Judaism, and especially in Kabbalah, and addresses in more detail the concept of a super-temporal experience. While traditional forms of Judaism operated with a variety of concepts of time, the theosophical Kabbalists reified time by identifying terms of time with a various sefirotic powers. On the other hand, the ecstatic Kabbalah has been informed by Greek concepts that conceived time as related to movement and characteristic of the corporeal world, and pursued intellectually understood experiences that transcend time. This approach is similar to and in my opinion also informed the better known Hasidic concept of “higher than time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Time and Eternity in Jewish Mysticism |
| Subtitle of host publication | That Which is Before and That Which is After |
| Editors | Brian Ogren |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Pages | 179-222 |
| Number of pages | 44 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004290303 |
| State | Published - 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Jewish History and Culture |
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| Volume | 48 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1568-5004 |
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