Title: The Schocken book of Jewish mystical testimonies /
Authors: Jacobs, Louis.
Publisher: Schocken Books,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Mysticism Judaism History Sources.
Abstract: The Schocken Book of Jewish Mystical Testimonies brings together, for the first time, the few accounts we have by Jewish mystics of their encounters with the divine. The sources collected in this volume - spanning two thousand years and including material from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East - include depictions of peak religious experiences and visions, examples of ecstatic prayer, and counsel on how to keep company with the divine. Supplemented with.
Contents: Foreword / Karen Armstrong -- 1. Ezekiel's Vision of the Heavenly Throne -- 2. The Four Who Entered the King's Orchard -- 3. The Riders of the Chariot and Those Who Entered the Heavenly Halls -- 4. Maimonides on Being with God -- 5. The Mystical Piety of Rabbi Eleazar of Worms -- 6. The Prophetic Mysticism of Abraham Abulafia -- 7. Responsa from Heaven -- 8. The Zohar on the High Priest's Ecstasy -- 9. The Visions and Mystical Meditations of Abraham of Granada -- 10. The Communications of the Heavenly Mentor to Rabbi Joseph Karo -- 11. The Visions of Rabbi Hayyim Vital -- 12. The Maggid of Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto -- 13. The Mystical Epistle of the Ba'al Shem Tov -- 14. The Mystical Meditations of Shalom Sharabi and the Kabbalists of Bet El -- 15. The Mystical Experiences of the Gaon of Vilna -- 16. The Prayer Meditations of Alexander Susskind of Grodno -- 17. Two Epistles in Praise of the Hasidic Zaddikim -- 18. The Mystical Accounts of Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Cracow -- 19. The Tract on Ecstasy by Rabbi Dov Baer of Lubavich -- 20. The Secret Diary of Rabbi Isaac Eizik of Komarno -- 21. Aaron Roth's Essay, "Agitation of the Soul."