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

Author: Sagerman, Robert
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Physical Description: xi, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

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Brill eBook titles 2011

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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.

Subject(s)

Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292—Religion
Cabala
Christianity and other religions—Judaism
Judaism—Relations—Christianity

ISBN

9789004194472

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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