Research Catalog

Title

Seekers of the face : secrets of the Idra Rabba (the Great Assembly) of the Zohar / Melila Hellner-Eshed ; translated by Raphael Dascalu.

Author

Hellner-Eshed, Melila

Publication

Stanford, California : Stanford University, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

Dascalu, Raphael

Description

xiii, 456 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"A magisterial, modern reading of the deepest mysteries in the Kabbalistic tradition. Seekers of the Face opens the profound treasure-house at the heart of Judaism's most important mystical work: the Idra Rabba (Great Gathering) of the Zohar. This is the story of the Great Assembly of mystics called to order by the master teacher and hero of the Zohar, Rabbi Shim'on bar Yochai, to align the divine faces and to heal Jewish religion. The Idra Rabba demands a radical expansion of the religious worldview, as it reveals God's faces and bodies in daring, anthropomorphic language. For the first time, Melila Hellner-Eshed makes this challenging, esoteric masterpiece meaningful for everyday readers. Hellner-Eshed expertly unpacks the Idra Rabba's rich grounding in tradition, its probing of hidden layers of consciousness and the psyche, and its striking, sacred images of the divine face. Leading readers of the Zohar on a transformative adventure in mystical experience, Seekers of the Face allows us to hear anew the Idra Rabba's bold call to heal and align the living faces of God"--

Series Statement

Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism

Uniform Title

• Mevaḳshe ha-panim. English
• Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism.

Alternative Title

Mevaḳshe ha-panim.

Subject

• Idra rabba
• Zohar
• Cabala

Note

• Originally published in Hebrew in 2017 under the title Mevaḳshe ha-panim.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction to the Idra rabba -- The language of divine faces -- The gaze -- Reflections on Ze'eir Anpin -- Literature, mysticism, praxis -- Overarching themes in the Idra rabba -- What is the Idra rabba trying to communicate? -- Entering the Idra rabba -- The Kings of Edom : The first appearance -- Arikh Anpin : origins -- Arikh Anpin : features of the face -- Arraying Arikh Anpin's beard -- The Kings of Edom : the second appearance -- Ze'eir Anpin comes into being -- Ze'eir Anpin's head and its features -- The tiqqunim of Ze'eir Anpin : the language of flowing bounty -- The Ancient of Ancients and Ze'eir Anpin : all is one -- Forming the male and female body -- The Kings of Edom : the third appearance -- Separation and coupling -- Sweetening judgment -- Emerging from the Idra rabba

Call Number

JFE 21-8414

ISBN

• 9781503628427
• 1503628426

LCCN

2020051463

OCLC

1199329072

Author

Hellner-Eshed, Melila, author.

Title

Seekers of the face : secrets of the Idra Rabba (the Great Assembly) of the Zohar / Melila Hellner-Eshed ; translated by Raphael Dascalu.

Publisher

Stanford, California : Stanford University, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism

Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dascalu, Raphael, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Hellner-Eshed, Melila. Seekers of the face Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. 9781503628588 (DLC) 2020051464

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8414