Title: The paradoxical ascent to God : the kabbalistic theosophy of Habad Hasidism /
Authors: Elior, Rachel; Green, Yaacov Jeffrey
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Habad Doctrines.; Cabala Influence.; Mysticism Judaism History
Contents: Pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. A Spiritual Awakening -- 2. The Influence of the Kabbalah -- 3. The Historical Background -- 4. The Hasidic World-View -- 5. Habad-Hasidism -- 6. The Dual Meaning of Existence -- 7. The Dialectical Systems -- 8. The Books of Habad -- 9. The Four Subjects of Discussion -- 10. The Background of the Paradoxical Argument -- Pt. 2. The Doctrine of Divinity, the Mystical Theology -- 11. Acosmism -- 12. The Relation Between God and the World -- 13. Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites -- 14. Hashvaah (Equalization) -- 15. Entity and Manifestation -- Nothingness and Being -- 16. The Doctrine of Tzimtzum -- 17. Transcendence and Immanence -- 18. The Paradox -- Two Opposites in a Single Subject -- Pt. 3. Soul Consciousness and Perception -- 19. The Doctrine of the Soul -- 20. The Divine Soul -- 21. The Bestial Soul -- Pt. 4. Divine Worship -- 22. Divine Worship -- Introduction -- 23. Two Aspects of Divine Worship -- 24. Esoterics and Exoterics -- The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines -- 25. Ha-Avodah be-Bittul -- Worship in Self-Annihilation -- 26. Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness -- 27. Ha-Avodah be-Hitbonenut -- Worship in Contemplation -- 28. The Controversy over Contemplation -- 29. The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation -- 30. Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension -- 31. Mesirut Nefesh -- Self-Sacrifice -- 32. The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship -- 33. Avodah be-Hipukh -- Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness.