02221nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10257210 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 071002s2008 inua sb s001 0 eng 2007040650 GBA870469 bnb 014626537 Uk 9780253350886 (cl : alk. paper) 0253350883 (cl : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)503443616 BM525.L835 M34 2008eb 222/.1068092 22 Magid, Shaul, 1958- From metaphysics to midrash [electronic resource] : myth, history, and the interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala / Shaul Magid. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. xii, 349 p. : ill. Indiana studies in biblical literature Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index. Kabbala, new historicism, and the question of boundaries -- The Lurianic myth: a playbill -- Genesis: "And Adam's sin was (very) great": original sin in Lurianic exegesis -- Exodus: The "other" Israel: the �erev rav (mixed multitude) as conversos -- Leviticus: The sin of becoming a woman: male homosexuality and the castration complex -- Numbers: Balaam, Moses, and the prophecy of the "other": a Lurianic vision for the erasure of difference -- Deuteronomy: the human and/as God: divine incarnation and the "image of God". Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572. Bible. O.T. Pentateuch Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. Cabala History. Metaphysics. Other (Philosophy) Tsefat (Israel) Religion 16th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Indiana studies in biblical literature. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10257210 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 13547 13547