Daniel M Abrams

Biographic Data

ID4873364
NAMEDaniel M Abrams
GIVEN NAMESDaniel M
FAMILY NAMEAbrams
SIGNATUREABRAMS D M
AFFILIATIONSBar-Ilan University
ORCID0000-0002-6015-8358
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Compiling Kabbalistic Secrets after the Spanish Expulsion

    Open AccessDaniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEAschkenas2024

    This study offers a bibliographic history of the manuscript evidence and printed editions of the compilation Shushan Sodot , arranged by Moshe of Kyiv (1449–c. 1520). Positioned within a larger inquiry of numbered compilations of short-form texts of Jewish esoteric literature, Shushan Sodot is one of the largest and most well-known compilations. Following a review of scholarship, the study describes the features of various manuscripts, including …

  • Suspicion and Evidence

    Open AccessDaniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEJewish History2021

  • The influence of societal individualism on a century of tobacco use

    Open AccessJohn C Lang, Daniel M Abrams et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Our model in conjunction with extensive data on smoking prevalence provides evidence for the hypothesis that individualism/collectivism may have an important influence on the dynamics of smoking prevalence at the aggregate, population level. Significant implications for public health interventions are discussed

  • Defining Modern Academic Scholarship

    Daniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEJournal of Jewish Thought and…2000

  • A History of the Unique Cherub

    Daniel Abrams, Daniel M Abrams et al.ARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review2000

  • Sexual Symbolism and Merkavah Speculation in Medieval Germany

    Joel Hecker, Daniel Abrams et al.ARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1999

  • Special Angelic Figures

    Daniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLERevue des Études Juives1996

    Angelic beings and heavenly beasts have played a major role in the throne world as described in mystical interpretations of Ezekiel's vision. In this study, the various traditions regarding these beasts are traced through the Hekhalot literature, German pietism, the Special Cherub Circle and early Kabbalistic texts. By clarifying the meaning of certain text-traditions in their original context, it is possible to understand better the development …

  • From Divine Shape to Angelic Being

    Daniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1996

  • From Germany to Spain

    Daniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies1996Cited by: 1

    L'A. s'interesse au developpement des ecrits kabbalistiques et aux premieres formes de la Kabbale en espagnol. Il affirme que la numerologie etait deja utilisee par les pietistes allemands afin de parvenir a une experience mystique. Des techniques semblables se trouvent dans la Kabbale espagnole. L'A. montre que la numerologie comme experience mystique trouve son origine dans les cercles ashkenazes. C'est dans le contexte de cette tradition que l…

  • The Boundaries of Divine Ontology

    Open AccessDaniel Abrams, Daniel M AbramsARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1994

    One of the central aspects of Jewish theology, and Jewish mysticism in particular, is the conception of the nature of God's being and the appearance of the divine before humanity. No one view has dominated the spectrum of Jewish interpretations, since the biblical text is the only common frame for the wide variety of speculations. At issue is whether the one God depicted in the Hebrew Bible is manifest to humans directly or through the agency of …