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The Kabbalistic tree = האילן הקבלי

Title
  • The Kabbalistic tree = האילן הקבלי / J. H. Chajes.
  • The Kabbalistic tree = ha-ilan ha-ḳabali / J. H. Chajes.
Author
Chajes, J. H. (Jeffrey Howard)
Publication
  • University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania University Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
xiv, 440 pages, 5 unnumbered overleaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm.
Summary
"Explores the history and meanings of ilanot, diagrammatic representations of the Divine as a Porphyrian tree in Jewish mysticism and Kabbalistic manuscripts"--
Series Statement
Dimyonot : Jews and the cultural imagination ; volume 14
Uniform Title
Dimyonot (University Park, Pa.) ; v. 14.
Alternative Title
  • אילן הקבלי
  • Ilan ha-ḳabali
Subject
  • Cabala > History
  • Cabala > Pictorial works
  • Cabala
  • Ilanot
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Series volume number from book jacket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-424) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a first history of a forgotten genre -- The emergence of the Kabbalistic tree -- Classical ilanot -- Visualizing Lurianic Kabbalah -- Ilanot 2.0 : the emergence of the Lurianic ilan -- Luria compounded -- Ilan amulets -- The printed ilan -- Conclusion -- Appendix : catalogue of the Gross Family Ilanot Collection -- Collector's afterword / by William Gross.
Call Number
JFF 23-400
ISBN
  • 9780271093451
  • 0271093455
LCCN
  • 2022008561
  • 17913062
OCLC
1321078105
Author
Chajes, J. H. (Jeffrey Howard), author.
Title
The Kabbalistic tree = ha-ilan ha-ḳabali / J. H. Chajes.
Alternate Script for Title
The Kabbalistic tree = האילן הקבלי / J. H. Chajes.
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania University Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Dimyonot : Jews and the cultural imagination ; volume 14
Dimyonot (University Park, Pa.) ; v. 14.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-424) and index.
Indexed Term
Ilanot
Other Standard Identifier
17913062
Research Call Number
JFF 23-400
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