The Reverse of the Numinous. Ahistoricism and Time in the Kabbalah of the Sefer Ha-Zohar
J. F. Fernández López
Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval December 20, 2018 DOI: 10.21071/refime.v25i.11636 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that medieval Kabbalah, though often seen as ahistorical, is intertwined with the historical experiences of Spanish medieval Judaism. |
Abstract
In this hermeneutical approach to Kabbalah and the Zohar, from the double perspective of the history of ideas and the reading of texts that emerged in a given time and context, this article investigates the historical and temporal components of cabalistic mysticism. The medieval Kabbalah, itself an experience of the numinous marked by the ahistorical, is not completely alien to historical experiences. This is the search for a compression of the bonds that unite the emergence of the mystic and the historical time lived in the heart of Spanish medieval Judaism.