Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics
Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics is a ground-breaking study of an ideological miracle, a tale of seven hundred years of diverse Jewish theological creativity. Many extreme, radical, and even seemingly heretical schools of thought were intergrated into a constructive, traditional Jewish ethics within the framework of Hebrew ethical literature. The ability of Jewish ethics to absorb and sustain conflicting ideas, which originated in schools that fought each other fiercely, presents a...
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Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics is a ground-breaking study of an ideological miracle, a tale of seven hundred years of diverse Jewish theological creativity. Many extreme, radical, and even seemingly heretical schools of thought were intergrated into a constructive, traditional Jewish ethics within the framework of Hebrew ethical literature. The ability of Jewish ethics to absorb and sustain conflicting ideas, which originated in schools that fought each other fiercely, presents a fascinating chapter in the history of Jewish ideas.
Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1The Enigma of Hebrew Ethical Literature12Philosophical Ethics and the Early Kabbalists173Mysticism and Ethics in the Ashkenazi Hasidic Movement494Mystical Ethics in Sixteenth-Century Safed835Hebrew Ethical Literature and Via Mystica1156Conclusion: The Modern Period133Notes149Index165
