“All My Thinking Has But One Focus”: Contemplative Seclusion in (Early) Modern Jewish Spirituality
Entangled Religions July 3, 2023 Patrick Benjamin Koch 2 citations
This study investigates the way in which different concepts of contemplation and seclusion are negotiated in Jewish spiritual literature. Focusing on (early) modern examples, it particularly addresses the functions and goals of physical and mental exercises designed to achieve detachment from worldly concerns. It shows how practices denoted by the terms perishut (lit. “separation”) and...