The paradoxical ascent to God : the kabbalistic theosophy of Habad Hasidism /
Rachel Elior ; translated from Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)1993.
- 1 online resource (xx, 279 pages).
- SUNY Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion .
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Content""; ""Introduction""; ""A Spiritual Awakening""; ""The Influence of the Kabbalah""; ""The Historical Background""; ""The Hasidic World-View""; ""Habad-Hasidism""; ""The Dual Meaning of Existence""; ""The Dialectical Systems""; ""The Books of Habad""; ""The Four Subjects of Discussion""; ""The Background of the Paradoxical Argument""; ""The Doctrine of Divinity, the Mystical Theology""; ""Acosmism""; ""The Relation Between God and the World"" ""Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites""""Hashvaah (Equalization)""; ""Entity and Manifestation-Nothingness and Being""; ""The Doctrine of Tzimtzum""; ""Transcendence and Immanence""; ""The Paradox-Two Opposites in a Single Subject""; ""Soul Consciousness and Perception""; ""The Doctrine of the Soul""; ""The Divine Soul""; ""The Bestial Soul""; ""Divine Worship""; ""Divine Worship-Introduction""; ""Two Aspects of Divine Worship""; ""Esoterics and Exoterics -- The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines""; ""Ha-'Avodah be-Bittul -- Worship in Self-Annihilation"" ""Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness""""Ha-'Avodah be-Hitbonenut -- Worship in Contemplation""; ""The Controversy over Contemplation""; ""The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation""; ""Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension""; ""Mesirut Nefesh-Self-Sacrifice""; ""The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship""; ""'Avodah be-Hipukh -- Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Reference List""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""