Language, eros, being: kabbalistic hermeneutics and poetic imagination
Auteur :
Wolfson, Elliot R.
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823224197
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2004
Dimensions :
26,0 x 18,4 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the complex gender symbolism that permeates Kabbalistic literature. Focusing on the nexus of asceticism and eroticism, the author seeks to define the role of symbolic and poetically charged language in the erotically configured visionary imagination of the medieval Kabbalists.