Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism: Pillars, Lines, Ladders

by Moshe Idel

Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. After surveying the variety of scholarly approaches to religion, the author also offers what he proposes as an eclectic approach, and a perspectivist one. The latter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9637326030
• ISBN13: 9789637326035
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher