"Gathering the Dispersed of Israel": The Evolution of a Kabbalistic Prayer Addendum for Tiqqun Qeri
This article traces the evolution of a kabbalistic prayer supplication that was designed to purify male Jews from pollution caused by improper seminal emission. In doing so, it focuses on the metaphysical rationale behind it, its function, and its metamorphosis from a highly technical practice into...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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Harvard theological review
Anno: 2021, Volume: 114, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 241-264 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Amidah
/ Integrazione
/ Eiaculazione
/ Cabala
/ Cristianesimo
/ Storia 1400-1900
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AG Vita religiosa AX Relazioni interreligiose BH Ebraismo CC Cristianesimo; religione non cristiana; relazioni interreligiose NCF Etica della sessualità TH Tardo Medieovo TJ Età moderna |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Jewish Mysticism
B Early Modern Judaism B Jewish-Christian polemics B Kabbalah B male sexual pollution B Prayer B waste of seed |
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| Riepilogo: | This article traces the evolution of a kabbalistic prayer supplication that was designed to purify male Jews from pollution caused by improper seminal emission. In doing so, it focuses on the metaphysical rationale behind it, its function, and its metamorphosis from a highly technical practice into a mainstream devotional practice. It addresses how notions of sexual pollution (qeri) were contextualized in Lurianic Kabbalah and how they were later embedded in kabbalistic manuals and prayer books. Furthermore, the article examines Jewish-Christian and inner- Jewish debates that emerged in connection with the effects of spilling semen in vain. Special attention is paid to possible social factors that may have impacted the increased anxiety about male bodily fluids and "misguided" desires. In addition to the available research on the theological and general historical background of the prohibition of wasting seed, the following analysis offers a microhistory of this short yet highly influential text. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S001781602100016X |