The serpent kills or the serpent gives life [electronic resource] : the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia's response to Christianity / edited by Robert Sagerman.

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Series: Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 12.Publication details: Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: xi, 384 p. : illISBN:

9789004194465 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004194472 (e-book)

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296.3/96 22

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BM755.A28 S47 2011eb

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Contents:

Abulafia and alterity : the other in the self -- Refutation and absorption : Abulafia's response to the Christian context -- Abulafia's demons : the psychological dimension of Abulafia's relationship to Christianity -- Abulafia and Jesus : metatron and sandalfon -- Warp and woof : circumcision, crucifixion and divine embodiment.

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