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‏התשובה בספרות השו״ת.

Title
  • ‏התשובה בספרות השו״ת.
  • [ha-Teshuvah be-sifrut ha-musar ha-ʻIvrit ba-filosofyah ha-Yehudit uva-Ḳabalah] = Repentance in Jewish ethics, philosophy and mysticism / Shimon Shokek.
Author
Shokek, Shimon.
Publication
Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 1995.

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xi, 256 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Jewish studies
Uniform Title
Jewish studies (Lewiston, N.Y.)
Alternative Title
Repentance in Jewish ethics, philosophy and mysticism
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Rav Saadia Gaon: The Beginning of Repentance in Medieval Jewish Thought - The Transition from Halakha to Philosophy. Excerpts from The Book of Beliefs and Opinions -- Ch. 2. Rabbenu Bachya Ibn Paquda: Spiritual Repentance in The Duties of the Heart. Excerpts from The Duties of the Heart -- Ch. 3. Maimonides: Intellectual Repentance. Excerpts from The Laws of Repentance -- Ch. 4. Medieval Ashkenazi Hasidism: Repentance and Asceticism. Excerpts from The Book of Hasidim and The Book of Rokeakh -- Ch. 5. Rabbenu Jonah of Gerona: The Height of Spiritual Repentance. Excerpts from the Works of Rabbenu Jonah -- Ch. 6. The Book of the Righteous: The Religious Status of the Penitent and the Righteous. Excerpts from The Book of the Righteous -- Ch. 7. The Zohar: Repentance as Theosophic Symbolism in Kabbalah. Excerpts from The Zohar -- Ch. 8. Safed Kabbalistic Literature of the 16th Century: Tikkun: Repentance as the Mending of the Worlds of Man and God. Excerpts from Safed Kabbalistic Literature -- Ch. 9. Maharal of Prague: Mending the Cosmos through Repentance. Excerpts from Netivot Olam -- Ch. 10. Hasidism: Repentance as Communion with God, Righteousness, and Religious Felicity. Excerpts from Hasidic Texts of the 18th and 19th Centuries -- Ch. 11. 20th Century Rav Kook: Repentance as the Freedom of Man and the Return of the People of Israel to their Homeland. Excerpts from The Lights of Return.
ISBN
0773494073 (hc)
LCCN
95015870
OCLC
  • 32347043
  • ocm32347043
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries