About this title: Zohar, or "brilliant light," is the central text of Kabbalah. In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth. This selection offers translations of eight of the most well-developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and commentary. The tales deal with the themes of sin and repentance, death, exile, redemption and resurrection. Most importantly, they are stories, they are literature, and here they are analyzed as such. Using comparative information, Aryeh Wineman places the tales in their historical and etymological ...
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Description: Diane Palley. Very Good Overall in Very Good Overall jacket. NOT EX-LIBRARY. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 179 pp., illustrated, bib. Blue Cloth. Text clean. Boards with modest bowing. Binding sound. Dust Jacket rubbed. read more
Edition: First edition. Paperback Edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058337ISBN:0691058334
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very minor rubbing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 161 p. Mythos (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. "Rather than merely identifying literary motifs in the stories, Wineman explains how these motifs convey methaphysical beliefs...This folume is lovingly composed, meticulously edited and lucidly illustrated..." read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058337ISBN:0691058334
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Trade Size Paperback, Condition is Very Good, Mild Wear to book. Book pages clean. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Mystic Tales from the Zohar by Aryeh Wineman. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058337ISBN:0691058334
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058337ISBN:0691058334
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780827605152ISBN:0827605153
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780827605152ISBN:0827605153
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