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Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death

Elliot R. Wolfson

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Description:This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. Demonstrating that the historical and theoretical relationship between kabbalah and western philosophy is far more intimate and extensive than any previous scholar has ever suggested, Elliot R. Wolfson draws an extraordinary range of thinkers such as Frederic Jameson, Martin Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, William Blake, Julia Kristeva, Friedrich Schelling, and a host of kabbalistic figures into deep conversation with one another. "Alef, Mem, Tau "also discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as it opens the possibility of a temporal triumph of temporality and the conquering of time through time.The framework for Wolfson's examination is the rabbinic teaching that the word "emet, ""truth," comprises the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, "alef, mem, " and "tau, " which serve, in turn, as semiotic signposts for the three tenses of time-past, present, and future. By heeding the letters of "emet "we discern the truth of time manifestly concealed in the time of truth, the beginning that cannot begin if it is to be the beginning, the middle that re/marks the place of origin and destiny, and the end that is the figuration of the impossible disclosing the impossibility of figuration, the finitude of death that facilitates the possibility of rebirth. The time of death does not mark the death of time, but time immortal, the moment of truth that bestows on the truth of the moment an endless beginning of a beginningless end, the truth of death encountered incessantly in retracing steps of time yet to be taken-between, before, beyond.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death. To get started finding Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 346

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: 2006

ISBN: 0520932315

Description: This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. Demonstrating that the historical and theoretical relationship between kabbalah and western philosophy is far more intimate and extensive than any previous scholar has ever suggested, Elliot R. Wolfson draws an extraordinary range of thinkers such as Frederic Jameson, Martin Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, William Blake, Julia Kristeva, Friedrich Schelling, and a host of kabbalistic figures into deep conversation with one another. "Alef, Mem, Tau "also discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as it opens the possibility of a temporal triumph of temporality and the conquering of time through time.The framework for Wolfson's examination is the rabbinic teaching that the word "emet, ""truth," comprises the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, "alef, mem, " and "tau, " which serve, in turn, as semiotic signposts for the three tenses of time-past, present, and future. By heeding the letters of "emet "we discern the truth of time manifestly concealed in the time of truth, the beginning that cannot begin if it is to be the beginning, the middle that re/marks the place of origin and destiny, and the end that is the figuration of the impossible disclosing the impossibility of figuration, the finitude of death that facilitates the possibility of rebirth. The time of death does not mark the death of time, but time immortal, the moment of truth that bestows on the truth of the moment an endless beginning of a beginningless end, the truth of death encountered incessantly in retracing steps of time yet to be taken-between, before, beyond.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death. To get started finding Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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