TY - BOOK AU - Magid,Shaul ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - From metaphysics to midrash: myth, history, and the interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala T2 - Indiana studies in biblical literature AV - BM525.L835 M34 2008eb U1 - 222/.1068092 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Pentateuch KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish KW - Cabala KW - History KW - Metaphysics KW - Other (Philosophy) KW - Tsefat (Israel) KW - Religion KW - 16th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10257210 ER -