Decoding the Dogma Within the Enigma: The Life, Works, Mystical Piety and SystematicThought of Rabbi Moses Cordoeiro (aka Cordovero;Safed, Israel, 1522-1570) - Softcover

Raviv, Zohar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 383646778X ISBN 13: 9783836467780

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2008

Synopsis

Rabbi Moses Cordoeiro (aka Cordovero, 1522-1570) wasa towering mystical thinker in Safed and retains tothis day a seat of honor in Jewish intellectualhistory. Ranking among the most prolific and lucidthinkers Judaism has ever known, Cordoeiro had anenormous impact on the trajectory of mysticalphilosophy from the 16th century onward. This book -the first extensive work on Cordoeiro in English -sheds new and important light on his life, writings,practical piety, and, most importantly, systematicthought in Kabbalah. By placing Cordoeiro's personalgrowth and conceptual evolution within sociopoliticaland theoretical context, his works (both publishedand unpublished) are thoroughly investigated with theaim of articulating his elaborate theoretical modeland its relations to his mystical practices. Muchattention has been given throughout this book toCordoeiro's acute philological sensitivity, for hisview of Hebrew as God's Vernacular" had prompted himto introduce bold and often remarkably creativeexegetical maneuvers. This book is a significantcontribution to philosophical scholarship and toanyone interested in exploring the deeper realms ofJewish mystical thought."

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About the Author

Zohar Raviv is Adjunct Faculty at the Spertus Institute of JewishStudies in Chicago and a Hebrew U Florence Melton VisitingScholar to N. America. He graduated from Bar-Ilan (BA), Brandeis(Joint MA) and the U of Michigan (PhD, Jewish Thought). He hasserved as Visiting Scholar at Brandeis, Oberlin College, MonashU and the U of New South Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383646778X
• ISBN 13: 9783836467780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 516