Practical Esotericism and Tikkun Olam
Two modern renditions of a medieval mystical idea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10738797 |
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| Authors | Jane West (0000-0001-7148-205X, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 2021 |
| Issue | 242 |
| Pages | 203-227 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sem-2020-0039 |
| OpenAlex | W3201039713 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In this paper I look at a specific Hebrew religious term, Tikkun Olam, to examine the manner in which it signifies differently in two specific cases. While we understand that meaning is carried in both denotation and connotation, and while a genealogy of meaning is often useful to understand the manner in which meaning has changed across time, this paper recounts the manner in which a single word may signify differently synchronically, at a single point in history
Art · Connotation · Denotation (semiotics) · Epistemology · Hebrew · Linguistics · Literature · Liturgy · Meaning (existential) · Mysticism · Semiotics · Term (time) · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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