"Perfecting Community as "One Man
Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto's Pietistic Confraternity in Eighteenth-Century Padua
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5306251 |
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| Authors | David Sclar, David A Sclar (0000-0002-0983-4293, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-66 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhi.2020.0005 |
| PMID | 32009010 |
| OpenAlex | W3004118797 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Scholars have generally depicted kabbalists within an air of exclusivity. During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, however, a handful of Jewish mystics in Padua, led by Moses HayimLuzzatto, opened their secret society to others interested but not adept in Kabbalah in an attempt to establish a "perfected community" and attain the long-awaited messianic redemption. This article explores the social factors and intentions that drove the group's activity, specifically how Luzzatto's thoughts of the unity of creation played out in life and community
Archaeology · Art · Jewish mysticism · Judaism · Kabbalah · Literature · Mysticism · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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