Active/Passive, ‘Diminished'/‘Beautiful', ‘Light' from Above and Below: Rereading Shekhinah's Sexual Desire in Zohar al Shir ha-Shirim (Song of Songs)

In Zohar al Shir ha-Shirim, the Zohar's reading of Song of Songs, Shekhinah, echoing themes associated with the Shulamite of the biblical text, consistently initiates cosmic union. Sexual desire in the zoharic texts is a form of capital necessary to facilitate sefirotic intercourse, although sc...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devine, Luke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage [2020]
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 297-315
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Jewish Mysticism
B Shekhinah
B Kabbalah
B Zohar
B Song of Songs
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (doi)