In “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, Adam
Afterman offers an extensive study of mystical union and embodiment in Judaism. Afterman …

The thirteenth-century Jewish mystical classic Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Splendor),
commonly known as the Zohar, took shape against a backdrop of rising anti-Judaism in …

This article presents a first attempt to classify and present a group of eighteenth-and
nineteenth-century Hasidic texts as belonging to a specific literary genre: rationales for the …

The present study sheds light on the tortured relationship between Iberian Kabbalah and
medieval Christian doctrine by shifting the scholarly focus from the self-consciously para …

The reincarnation of Adam in Joseph, the fallen angels ('Azza and 'Azza'el) and Joseph's
brothers, a possible Christian polemic concerning Metatron and Jesus, the mystery of “divine …

The story explored in this essay represents an example of an integrated zoharic tale—that is,
a series of kabbalistic homilies integrated into an organizing narrative frame. One of the …

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The study explores the character and meaning of the imagery of the kiss in the Zohar as an
expression of dynamic union. In order to demonstrate the formation of a specific structure of …