Mystical Midrash
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22307394 |
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| Authors | Marianne Schleicher (0000-0001-7387-2510, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 149-166 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0348-1646 • E-ISSN: 2343-4929 |
| Publisher | Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30752/nj.69604 |
| OpenAlex | W4210998619 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article conceives of mystical midrash as the act of interpreting the details of a Torah verse with the purpose of entering a meditative or ecstatic state of union with God, in which the mystic by drawing down God’s insights can explain how the Torah verse mediates the micro-macrocosmic relation between God’s will and the course of history. However, since mystical midrash is such a rare phenomenon in Judaism, I have chosen to highlight the various approaches to the Torah in Jewish mysticism as a background for understanding why only one of these approaches qualifies for the epithet ‘mystical midrash’
Art · Jewish mysticism · Jewish studies · Judaism · Kabbalah · Literature · Midrash · Mysticism · Theology · Torah · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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