Circle Square Studies Use by Wolfson Elliot (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to the kabbalah. The author examines the role of gender utilizing current feminist studies and cultural anthropology. He explores the themes of the feminization of the Torah, the correlation of circumcision and vision of God, the phallocentric understanding of divine creation as a process of inscription mythologized as an act of sexual self-gratification, and the phenomenon of gender-crossing in kabbalistic myth and ritual. Collectively, the studies explore in great depth the androcentric phallocentrism that is characteristic of medieval Jewish mysticism.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to the kabbalah. The author examines the role of gender utilizing current feminist studies and cultural anthropology. He explores the themes of the feminization of the Torah, the correlation of circumcision and vision of God, the phallocentric understanding of divine creation as a process of inscription mythologized as an act of sexual self-gratification, and the phenomenon of gender-crossing in kabbalistic myth and ritual. Collectively, the studies explore in great depth the androcentric phallocentrism that is characteristic of medieval Jewish mysticism.…

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xiv, 268 pp., notes, bibliography, index.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stiff purple and lavender wraps, lettered in white. Modest handling wear, scattered internal notations. 1st ptg. xiii,268 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Circle in the Square: Studies in the Use of Gender in Kabbalistic Symbolism. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 284 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First Edition. Some shelfwear. Stamp on front flyleaf.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book deals with the issue of gender in Jewish mysticism showing the thematic correlation of eroticism and esotericism that is central to the kabbalah.