Dimensions of the Shekhinah: The Meaning of the Shiur Qomah in Jewish Mysticism, Liturgy, and Rabbinic Thought
The article discusses a Jewish mystical text that paradoxically takes up the measurements of the body of G-d in the context of a tradition that forbids corporeal, finite, or tangible depiction of the Deity. Consequently, scholars have been at a loss concerning its interpretation. Many resort to inve...
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The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
2013
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-120 |
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