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Author:

Johnson, Luke Timothy.

Title:

Mystical tradition [DVD] : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Part 1 of 3 / Luke Timothy Johnson.

Format:

[DVD] :

Publisher:

The Teaching Company,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 couse guidebook.

Subject:

Mysticism.
Mysticism--Comparative studies.

Other Authors:

Teaching Company.

Notes:

Lectures presented by Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University. Lectures 1-12 in a series of 36 half-hour lectures.

Contents:

Lecture 12. Mysticism in contemporary Judaism. Lecture 2. Family resemblances and differences -- Lecture 3. The biblical roots of Western mysticism -- Lecture 4. Mysticism in early Judaism -- Lecture 5. Merkabah mysticism -- Lecture 6. The Hasidim of medieval Germany -- Lecture 7. The beginnings of Kabbalah -- Lecture 8. Mature Kabbalah: Zohar -- Lecture 9. Isaac Luria and Safed spirituality -- Lecture 10. Sabbatai Zevi and messianic mysticism -- Lecture 11. The Ba'al Shem Tov and the new Hasidism -- Lecture 12. Mysticism in contemporary Judaism.

Summary:

Examines the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of these three religions in relation to the mystical experience.

Series:

The great courses

ISBN:

9781598034660
1598034669

OCLC:

(OCoLC)263388185

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)