The Mud and the Water: Towards a History of a Simile in Kabbalah

Moshe Idel*

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Abstract

The present study surveys a series of kabbalistic antecedents of a simile for the presence of the roots of evil in the pre-emanationalist stage, as formulated in Lurianic Kabbalah. What has been conceived by scholars as a cathartic explanation characteristic of Lurianism, and even an esoteric aspect of this Kabbalah, turns to be quite an exoteric teaching shared by several kabbalists since the 13th century.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)64-72
Number of pages9
JournalZutot
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Keywords

  • evil
  • Hayyim Vital
  • Joseph ibn Tabul
  • Lurianic Kabbalah
  • tzimtzum

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