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Kabbalistic teachings of the female prophets : the seven holy women of ancient Israel / J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus.

Title
Kabbalistic teachings of the female prophets : the seven holy women of ancient Israel / J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus.
Author
Hieronimus, J. Zohara Meyerhoff.
Publication
Rochester, VT : Inner Traditions, c2008.

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Description
xiv, 418 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Seven holy women of ancient Israel
  • 7 holy women of ancient Israel
Subject
  • Women prophets
  • Women in the Bible
  • Cabala
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-407) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prophecy and the prophetesses: the history of prophecy in Judaism -- Kabbalistic treasure maps: introducing the correspondences to the seven prophetesses of Israel -- Sarah: chesed, the seed of life is love -- Miriam: gevurah, the waters of deliverance -- Devorah: tiferet, the beauty of moral order -- Chanah: netzach, the victory of spiritual discipline -- Avigail: hod, humility and the royal bloodline -- Chuldah: yesod, the covenant and promise of the world to come -- Esther: malchut, the redemption and resurrection of life -- Shechinah: the divine immanence of the creator -- Appendix 1: Songs of Miriam, Devorah, and Chanah -- Appendix 2: Stones and houses: a Kabbalistic method for deciphering words -- Appendix 3: Counting of the Omer -- Appendix 4: Letters of commendation -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9781594772276 (pbk.)
  • 1594772274 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008013652
OCLC
179786570
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library