Alef, mem, tau : kabbalistic musings on time, truth, and death / Elliot R. Wolfson.

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Wolfson, Elliot R

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Taubman lectures in Jewish studies ; 5.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520932319
0520932315
1423745515
9781423745518
0520246195
9780520246195
1282759418
9781282759411
9786612759413
6612759410
1598759167
9781598759167

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alef, mem, tau.DDC classification:

296.1/6 22

LOC classification:

BD638 .W64 2006eb

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Contents:

Thinking time/hermeneutic suppositions -- Linear circularity/(a)temporal poetics -- Before alef/where beginnings end -- Within mem/returning forward -- After tau/where endings begin -- Conclusion.

Summary: This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking time/hermeneutic suppositions -- Linear circularity/(a)temporal poetics -- Before alef/where beginnings end -- Within mem/returning forward -- After tau/where endings begin -- Conclusion.

This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah.