Bodily rituals in Jewish mysticism
Subtitle: the intensification of cultic hand gestures by Medieval Kabbalists
By: Maurizio Mottolese
Series: Sources and studies in the literature of Jewish mysticism -- 47; Meḳorot u-meḥḳarim be-sifrut ha-misṭiḳah ha-Yehudit -- sefer 47.
Publisher: Cherub Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781933379586
Subjects: Mysticism; Judaism; History; Cabala; Gesture; Customs and practices
Notes: "... a largely revised elaboration of a doctoral thesis submitted at the Sapienza University-Rome in 2013" -- page vii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: The multilayered intensification of a Nomian ritual bodily-based religious system; title: Exploring the semiotic map in all its dimensions : the ablution, halakhic minutiae and minhagim; title: Elaborating the syntagmatic patterns of order : the ritual vestment sequence of ṣiṣiṭ and tefillin; title: Extending the paradigmatic patterns of order : the upraised palms and their upper counterparts; title: Expanding the semantics and performativity of rituals : the multiple rationales of hand liturgies; title: Constructing the discourse on rituals : metonymy, myth, organizing/disorganizing language; title: Heightening internal processes : the ritual experience in mystically-oriented contexts; title: Final thoughts : Kabbalah, and the revivication of ritual practice through mystical discourse.