The Feminine messiah: King David in the image of the Shekhinah in Kabbalistic literature

In The Feminine Messiah, Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel explores the theosophical revolution that is reflected by the identification of the figure of King David and the image of the divine presence, the Shekhina, in medieval kabbalistic literature.

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Main Author: Ḳara-Iṿanov Ḳaniʾel, Rut 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston BRILL 2021
In: The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism (volume 68)
Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ḳara-Iṿanov Ḳaniʾel, Rut, 1979-, The Feminine messiah : King David in the image of the Shekhinah in Kabbalistic literature] (2022) (Solari, Esther)
Series/Journal:The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism volume 68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B David, Israel, König / Shekina
B Cabala / Literature
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:In The Feminine Messiah, Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel explores the theosophical revolution that is reflected by the identification of the figure of King David and the image of the divine presence, the Shekhina, in medieval kabbalistic literature.
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Pre-Zoharic Milestones in the Birth of the Hero: David from the Bible to Late Antiquity -- 1 The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: Who Was King David's Mother? From the Early Midrashim to Yalkut ha-Makhiri -- 1.1 David's Appearance -- 1.2 Nitzevet, Daughter of Adael: The Birth Mother and the "Standing" Mother -- 1.3 Indeed, I Was Born Guilty -- 1.4 The Counsel of the Serpent -- 2 "When the Music Started" (ii Kings 3:15): King David and Psalms -- 2.1 David and Jerusalem -- 2.2 David as Poet -- Chapter 2 King David as the Shekhinah in the Zohar: A Theological Revolution -- 1 Gender Reversal in Kabbalah -- 2 David as the Shekhinah: A Background -- 3 David and the Shekhinah in the Zohar: The Moon, the Holy City, Beauty, and Liturgy -- 4 David as King's Jester and Penitent (Ba'al Teshuvah) -- 5 David's Identification with the Female Persona of the City of Jerusalem -- Chapter 3 King David as the Fourth Leg of the Divine Chariot -- 1 The Fourth Leg: From the Twelfth-Century Bahir to the Thirteenth-Century Geronese Kabbalah -- 2 Castile and Beyond: The Zohar and the Kabbalists of Its Generation: Theosophical-Theurgical Kabbalah in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries -- 3 David as the Shekhinah in Lurianic Kabbalah and Sabbateanism -- 4 Symbolic Chariot: Maʿarekhet ha-ʾElohut and Shoresh Yishai -- 5 Sabbatai Ṣevi and King David in the Image of the Shekhinah -- 5.1 Women and Heresy in Sabbateanism -- 5.2 David and Sabbatai Ṣevi as the Fourth Leg of the Chariot -- 5.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 The Multiple Selves of King David -- 1 "The Man Who Did This Deserves to Die" (ii Sam. 12:5): Splitting and Denial, Repression and Projection -- 2 Dumah and King David -- 3 The Dialectics of Heroism -- 4 Multiplicity of the Self, Trauma and Repair.
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ISBN:9004462198