Mystical Resistance
Subtitle: Uncovering the Zohar's Conversations with Christianity
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780190600433
Subjects: Judaism, relations, christianity; Christianity and other religions, judaism; Zohar
Description: "Mystical Resistance reveals the Kabbalistic masterpiece Sefer ha-Zohar as a rich source for understanding Jewish resistance to Christian authority. Composed against a backdrop of rising religious intolerance, the Zohar's subversive mystical narratives critique the changing relationship between Western Europe's Christian majority and its Jewish minority"--