The Kabbalistic Tree as Material Text

Ilanot (Hebrew, “trees”) refers to a distinct kabbalistic iconotextual genre constituted by the marriage of schema and medium: the arboreal diagram and the parchment sheet. The present article seeks to highlight the latter and explore the ways in which the media of ilanot effected their meaning and...

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Subtitles:From Cairo to Amsterdam. Hebrew Scrolls from the 11th to the 18th Centuries (eds. Emma Abate and Justine Isserles)
Main Author: Chajes, J. H. 1965- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. Morcelliana 2021
In: Henoch
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-196
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hebraica / Cabala / Iconography / Diagram / Trees (Motif) / Parchment / Role (Aufwicklung)
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Visualization of Knowledge
B Ilanot
B Diagrams
B Kabbalah
B Early Modern Jewish Culture
B Material Text