Zohar

The Book of Enlightenment

Daniel Chanan Matt, Daniel Chanan Matt

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Paulist Press International,U.S.
01 January 1983

Religion & beliefs; Christianity; Judaism

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"""Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to interfaith dialogue."" The Jewish Spectator

Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment

edited and translated, with an introduction by Daniel Chanan Matt, preface by Arthur Green

So this story of Torah is the garment of Torah. Whoever thinks that the garment is the real Torah and not something else—may his spirit deflate! Zohar (c. 1280-1286)

Zohar—""the book of Splendor, Radiance, Enlightenment""—has fascinated readers from its first appearance in thirteenth-century Spain until today. It is the major text of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. To assure the acceptance of his work within the Jewish community, a Spanish scholar named Moses de Leon claimed that Zohar was an ancient work of the school of the famous Rabbi Shim'on son of Yohai. It was not until our own century that critical scholarship demonstrated that the book's author was Moses de Leon himself. His mosaic of Scripture, Midrash, medieval homily, fiction, and fantasy presents what Professor Daniel Matt describes as ""a challenge to the normal workings of consciousness [that] dares one to examine one's assumptions about tradition, God, and self."" †"

Translated by: Daniel Chanan Matt
Volume editor: Daniel Chanan Matt
Imprint: Paulist Press International,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No.39
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9780809123872
ISBN 10: 0809123878
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 January 1983
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active