Mystical Contemplation and the Limits of the Mind: The Case of Sheqel ha-Qodesh
As was the case with medieval Jewish philosophy, the kabbalah of 13th-century Spain was profoundly concerned with the status of the human mind in its quest to comprehend and experience divine reality. Building on the legacy of Maimonides, the kabbalists were caught between the desire to achieve full...
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