Kabbalah, education, and prayer

Jewish learning in the seventeenth century

Bibliographic Data

ID8856568
AuthorsGerold Necker (0009-0005-5327-7489, Oriental Institute, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume50
Issue6-7
Pages621-630
Publication date2017-09-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131857.2017.1373344
OpenAlexW2757931567
LanguageEN
References cited12

In the seventeenth century, the Jewish mystical tradition which is known as Kabbalah was integrated into the curriculum of studying the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud. Kabbalah became popular in these times in the wake of the dissemination of Isaac Luria’s teachings, in particular within the Jewish communities in Prague and Amsterdam, where members of the Horowitz family took a leading role. Kabbalistic psychology was applied to the whole Jewish lifestyle then, and to the understanding of Jewish tradition. Kabbalistic intentions of prayer intensified the expectation of redemption, and during the messianic movement initiated by Shabtai Zvi, the kabbalistic meaning of repentance was also adapted in prayer books composed for so-called Conversos, who had to familiarize themselves with Jewish tradition. The article exemplifies this process by a Spanish anthology of prayers, Libro entitulado ensenha à pecadores, and shows the historical impact of Kabbalah in the field of Jewish education

Epistemology · Hebrew · Jewish history · Jewish mysticism · Jewish studies · Judaism · Kabbalah · Meaning (existential · Mysticism · Prayer · Sociology · Talmud · Theology · Torah · Classics · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · History · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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