Abstract The merging of philosophical and mystical categories in the concept of love allows for the creation of a space shared by philosophers and mystics. This shared space is explored in this chapter by inquiring into works that belong to the flower of medieval Kabbalah in Castile. In the Book of the Pomegranate, Moses de León’s discussion of the commandment to love God provides a remarkable...
Abstract The study explores the character and meaning of the imagery of the kiss in theZoharas an expression of dynamic union. In order to demonstrate the formation of a specific structure of ideas and their dynamics within Kabbalistic theosophy, theZoharicimagery found in the pericopeTerumahhas been situated here within the context of numerous sources, from which theZohar, through direct or...