[PDF.39fx] Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)

Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)

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 | #2734762 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2004-10-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.73 x6.14l,1.01 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Important contribution|By Charlie Brown|Peter Schaefer is a fine scholar of the history of spiritual concepts in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This book is an important and innovative contribution which draws on previous work of Gershom Scholem and Raphael Patai ("The Hebrew Goddess"). Whereas Scholem suggested the influence of Albigensian thought on the re-appearance in 12t|From Library Journal|Professor of Jewish studies at Princeton University and Freie Universitat, Berlin, Schafer is the author of Judeophobia: Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Ancient World and many other works. Here he focuses on the presence of the feminine

In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism--and of the development of religious concepts more generally.

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You easily download any file type for your gadget.Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)   |  Peter Schäfer.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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