The cult of the saints in Lurianic Kabbalah.(Report) From: The Jewish Quarterly Review | Date: March 22, 2008| Author: Garb, Jonathan | COPYRIGHT 2008 University of Pennsylvania Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

IN THIS STUDY, I will explore the role of the cult of the saints in the practice of Lurianic Kabbalah in sixteenth-century Galilee and compare this set of practices to the later phenomenon of Hasidism in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe. By way of introduction, I want to stress the importance of the figure of the saint in the Lurianic school, which, I believe, has not yet been fully recognized.

The numerous writings penned in the kabbalistic cent...

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