Bulletin de la Société des amis de Cherub Press publié par le JEC - 13 Novembre 1997
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Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts
ISSN 1081-8561. Volume One, 1996, 312 pp. All volumes are hardbound. Each volume 250-300 pages.
All studies are referenced. $50 per volume, shipping included.
Standing orders accepted ONLY from university libraries.
$36 for individuals when ordering directly from Cherub Press.
Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts is the only scholarly journal devoted exclusively to Jewish mystical texts. Kabbalah is a a periodical dedicated to the publication of relatively short scholarly editions of Jewish mystical works, from manuscripts in their original language to reviews and notes about related textual issues. Kabbalah covers the whole spectrum of Jewish mystical literature, from antiquity through Hasidism, including magic and Christian Kabbalah. Kabbalah is an independent and international academic journal which encourages the composition of introductory studies in English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, or Spanish. Each volume includes a listing of every new book in the field. The journal is an invaluable resource for every research library and student of Jewish mysticism.
Editors:
•Daniel Abrams •Avraham Elqayam
Editorial Board:
•Klaus Herrmann, The Freie University. •Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University. •Yehudah Liebes, The Hebrew University. •Bernard McGinn, The University of Chicago, The Divinity School. •Charles Mopsik, CNRS, Paris. •Ada Rapoport-Albert, University College, London. •Elliot Wolfson, New York University.
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R. Moses de Leon's Sefer Sheqel ha-Qodesh
Critically Edited and introduced by Charles Mopsik with an introduction by Moshe Idel.
ISBN 0-9640972-4-9
Hardcover, 3 + III + 13 + 150 pp.+ 6 English pp.
(In Hebrew with an English abstract)
$36 per copy, shipping included.
Sefer Sheqel ha-Qodesh is an essential tool for understanding the enigma of Zoharic literature. In this book De Leon cites various Zoharic passages which are not found in the known corpus of Zoharic texts. This work therefore provides some of the earliest testimony regarding the appearance of the Zohar in the late thirteenth and forms a unique test-case for understanding the redactional process behind the canonical work of medieval Jewish mysticism.
This work of De Leon is critically edited by Charles Mopsik from all known sources. The edition is introduced and annotated to help the reader better appreciate and understand the Kabbalistic thought of the Castilian Jewish mystics. Moshe Idel suggests in his introduction that De Leon composed this book as an introduction to the Kabbalah. This volume may also serve this function today.
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His Complete Works and Studies in his Kabbalistic Thought
Including The Commentaries to the Account of Creation by the
Kabbalists of Provence and Gerona, by Daniel Abrams.
ISBN 0-9640972-3-2
Hardcover, 362 pp. + 16 English pp.
Includes bibliography of all studies related to the thought of R. Asher.
(In Hebrew with an English abstract.)
$39 per copy, shipping included.
R. Asher ben David, the grandson of R. Abraham ben David (Rabad) and the nephew of R. Isaac the Blind, is one of the few known Kabbalists who was active in Provence in the first third of the thirteenth century when the first Kabbalistic writings emerged. His main work, The Book of Unity, is therefore one of the first Kabbalistic works written and is presented here in its entirety for the first time.
Gershom Scholem held that R. Asher was the main conduit for the teaching of Provencal mystical doctrines in Gerona and helped censor the literary dissemination of esoteric doctrines in Gerona. Whether or not R. Asher did visit Spain, The Book of Unity is certainly the first, full-length Kabbalisitc book to explain central esoteric doctrines to a wide audience. The work opens with the first known Kabbalistic poem.
The edition includes various recensions of the Book of Unity, and presents transcriptions of quotes from R. Asher's works in later Kabbalistic texts as well as the partial Latin translation of Flavius Mithridates, which was prepared by Dr. Saverio Campanini. The volume is supplemented by a study which presents editions of the Commentary to the Account of Creation attributed to R. Asher, all parallel recensions found in manuscript, as well as the commentaries of R. Isaac the Blind and R. Ezra of Gerona. The volume is therefore a major source book for the study of the first generations of Kabbalists in Southern France and Spain.
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The Book Bahir: An Edition Based on the Earliest Manuscripts,
by Daniel Abrams with an introduction by Moshe Idel.
ISBN 0-9640972-0-6
Hardcover, 16 pp. + 344 pp. + 15 English pp.
Includes 44 pages of up-to-date bibliography.
(In Hebrew with an English abstract)
$59 per copy, shipping included.
Supplemented by Studies in:
The History of the Books Redaction and Reception; The Printing History and Scholarly Treatments of the Work; Listings of Manuscript Witnesses; Annotated Listings of Commentaries to the Bahir; Kabbalistic Works which Quote and Comment on the Bahir; And Unknown Passages Found in Other Works.
Including facsimiles of:
The Earliest Manuscript Copied in 1298; Passages of the Bahir Printed in the editio princeps of the Zohar, Cremona 1558; and the editio princeps of the Bahir, Amsterdam 1651.
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"Abrams' edition is the most comprehensive and critical presentation of all the known facts related to one of the classics of Kabbalistic literature. The book is a must for everyone interested in the study of Kabbalah."
- Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University
"I am certain that this book will quickly emerge as a major research tool for students of Jewish esotericism."
- Elliot Wolfson, New York University
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Two Forthcoming Volumes, (Each Sold Separately:)
R. Joseph Gikatilla's Kabbalistic Commentary to Ezekiel's Chariot
ISBN 0-9640972-1-4
Hardcover, 109 pp. + 7 English pp.
Critically edited and introduced by Asi Farber-Ginat.
R. Moses De Leon's Kabbalistic Commentary to Ezekiel's Chariot
ISBN 0-9640972-2-2 Hardcover, 88 pp. + 7 English pp.
Each includes an extensive bibliography. (In Hebrew with an English abstract)
$30 per copy each, shipping included.
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Critically Edited and Introduced by Asi Farber-Ginat Ma'aseh Merkavah, The Account of the Chariot, has been understood throughout the history of Judaism as one of the cornerstones of Jewish esotericism. The medieval mystical and Kabbalistic commentaries to Ezekiel have remained in manuscript form, read only by a handful of scholars. Now, two of these works, written by members of the Circle of the Zohar, have been published in critical and readable editions by Asi Farber-Ginat. These works are of great importance for the study of this major genre of medieval Jewish mystical literature as well as the Zohar. These works enrich our understanding of thirteenth century sefirotic symbolism as well as the Kabbalistic doctrines of mystical vision, angelology and evil.
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"These are two of the most important Kabbalistic treatises extant solely in manuscript and are published here for the first time by a very fine scholar of Jewish mysticism."
Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University
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Other publications soon to be forthcoming from Cherub Press...
•Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts, Volume 2. •Bibliography of the Writings of Professor Moshe Idel. •Sefer ha-Shem (Attributed to R. Moses de Leon), by Michal Oron. •The Commentaries to Ezekiel's Chariot of R. Jacob ben Jacob ha-Kohen and R. Eleazar of Worms, by Asi-Farber Ginat and Daniel Abrams.
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