Jody Myers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jody Myers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jody |
| FAMILY NAME | Myers |
| SIGNATURE | MYERS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Northridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Yoga to Kabbalah
The Kabbalah Centre and Contemporary Spirituality
This paper focuses on the Kabbalah Centre, an international new religious movement that popularizes formerly esoteric Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) and attempts to spread it to a universal audience. Like many new religious movements, its cultural and social nonalignment fosters intense opposition as well as attraction, the latter most notably from celebrity followers such as Madonna. I summarize portions of my ethnographic and historical research t…
Kabbalah and the Spiritual Quest
Provides an overview of Kabbalah and its popularity in the United States
Seeking Zion
The Myth of Matriarchy in Recent Writings on Jewish Women's Spirituality
Dans la litterature recente abordant la spiritualite feminine juive, survit le mythe du matriarcat. Cette litterature n'est pas forcement feministe. Le mythe du matriarcat est structurellement semblable au mythe juif de l'exil et de la redemption. Ainsi, les auteurs litteraires integrent facilement dans leurs oeuvres les symboles et le langage du messianisme et du sionisme. Toutes les evocations d'un matriarcat ancien sont des tentatives pour ren…
The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies
It is commonplace to note the close relationship between the messianic idea and Zionist thought. Still missing is a clarification of the essential distinctions between messianism and Zionism. For example, in his classic essay on the Zionist idea, Arthur Hertzberg describes the differences in the broadest of terms:Hertzberg characterizes this transformation as the “secularization of the messianic ideal.’’ Jacob Katz also does little more than asse…
Attitudes Toward a Resumption of Sacrificial Worship in the Nineteenth Century
Journal Article ATTITUDES TOWARD A RESUMPTION OF SACRIFICIAL WORSHIP IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Get access Jody Myers Jody Myers CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYNORTHRIDGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 1987, Pages 29–49, https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/7.1.29 Published: 01 February 1987
The Kabbalah Centre and Contemporary Spirituality
This paper focuses on the Kabbalah Centre, an international new religious movement that popularizes formerly esoteric Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) and attempts to spread it to a universal audience. Like many new religious movements, its cultural and social nonalignment fosters intense opposition as well as attraction, the latter most notably from celebrity followers such as Madonna. I summarize portions of my ethnographic and historical research t…
From Yoga to Kabbalah
The Myth of Matriarchy in Recent Writings on Jewish Women's Spirituality
Dans la litterature recente abordant la spiritualite feminine juive, survit le mythe du matriarcat. Cette litterature n'est pas forcement feministe. Le mythe du matriarcat est structurellement semblable au mythe juif de l'exil et de la redemption. Ainsi, les auteurs litteraires integrent facilement dans leurs oeuvres les symboles et le langage du messianisme et du sionisme. Toutes les evocations d'un matriarcat ancien sont des tentatives pour ren…
Attitudes Toward a Resumption of Sacrificial Worship in the Nineteenth Century
Journal Article ATTITUDES TOWARD A RESUMPTION OF SACRIFICIAL WORSHIP IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Get access Jody Myers Jody Myers CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYNORTHRIDGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 1987, Pages 29–49, https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/7.1.29 Published: 01 February 1987
Attitudes Toward a Resumption of Sacrificial Worship in the Nineteenth Century
Journal Article ATTITUDES TOWARD A RESUMPTION OF SACRIFICIAL WORSHIP IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Get access Jody Myers Jody Myers CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYNORTHRIDGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 1987, Pages 29–49, https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/7.1.29 Published: 01 February 1987
The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies
It is commonplace to note the close relationship between the messianic idea and Zionist thought. Still missing is a clarification of the essential distinctions between messianism and Zionism. For example, in his classic essay on the Zionist idea, Arthur Hertzberg describes the differences in the broadest of terms:Hertzberg characterizes this transformation as the “secularization of the messianic ideal.’’ Jacob Katz also does little more than asse…
The Myth of Matriarchy in Recent Writings on Jewish Women's Spirituality
Dans la litterature recente abordant la spiritualite feminine juive, survit le mythe du matriarcat. Cette litterature n'est pas forcement feministe. Le mythe du matriarcat est structurellement semblable au mythe juif de l'exil et de la redemption. Ainsi, les auteurs litteraires integrent facilement dans leurs oeuvres les symboles et le langage du messianisme et du sionisme. Toutes les evocations d'un matriarcat ancien sont des tentatives pour ren…
Seeking Zion
Kabbalah and the Spiritual Quest
Provides an overview of Kabbalah and its popularity in the United States
The Kabbalah Centre and Contemporary Spirituality
This paper focuses on the Kabbalah Centre, an international new religious movement that popularizes formerly esoteric Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) and attempts to spread it to a universal audience. Like many new religious movements, its cultural and social nonalignment fosters intense opposition as well as attraction, the latter most notably from celebrity followers such as Madonna. I summarize portions of my ethnographic and historical research t…
From Yoga to Kabbalah
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (6 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Kabbalah (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works)