Teachings of the Jewish mystics
By: edited by Perle Besserman.
Contributors: Besserman, Perle.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Mysticism -- Judaism -- Quotations, maxims, etc
Description: Jewish mystical writings from ancient times to the present are collected here under such headings as Nature, Creation, Daily Life, Good and Evil, Female Divinity, Meditation, and Ecstasy. The words of these spiritual masters - from sources such as the Zohar, the Baal Shem Tov, Martin Buber, Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav, Abraham Abulafia, and Aryeh Kaplan - offer a lively introduction to their joyful world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Previously published: The way of the Jewish mystics. Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1994.