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This volume collects the autobiographies of two Jewish mystics, Book of Visions by Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620) and Book of Secrets by Rabbi Yitzak Safrin of Komarno (1806-74). Born in Safed and having studied esoteric subjects with Rabbi Moses Cordovero (1522-70), Rabbi Vital came to see himself as the foremost disciple of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-72) and a successor of Rabbi Joseph Karo (1488-1575). In Book of Visions, Rabbi Vital analyzes the sources of his soul ancestry by tracing the genealogy of his own soul spark and its reincarnations via transmigration and unification. Like Rabbi Vital, Rabbi Komarno believes himself to be his generation's messiah of Joseph, places importance on dream interpretation, and gives an account of a prediction of his destined greatness before birth. Faierstein's books include Abraham Joshua Heschel, Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets: Maimonides and Other Medieval Authorities. This translation is recommended for public libraries.--David B. Levy, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., Baltimore Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\
Jewish Mystical Autobiographies: Book of Visions and Book of Secrets
by Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital, Isaac Judah Jehiel SafrinEditorial Reviews
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780809105045
- Publisher:
- Paulist Press
- Publication date:
- 12/01/1999
- Series:
- Classics of Western Spirituality Series
- Pages:
- 384
- Product dimensions:
- 6.28(w) x 9.34(h) x 1.19(d)
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