Sökning: "Jewish Mysticism"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Jewish Mysticism.
1. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/ReligionshistoriaSammanfattning : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. LÄS MER
2. Vad är problemet med den besvärlige profeten? En receptionshistorisk analys av Hesekieltexten i Talmud-Bavli
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionSammanfattning : This essay will examine the reception-history of Ezekiel in Talmud-Bavli, tractate Hagigah 13a, where the issues about Ezekiel are discussed to a length by the Tannaim and Amoraim of their times. This chapter is often (mis)understood as constituting heavy criticisms of the Prophet, when in fact the Sages are underlining the books highly sacred and most holy literary content. LÄS MER
3. En kvardröjande strålglans : En studie om mystik och kabbalah i judisk liturgi i Stockholm från 1800-tal och i dag
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleSammanfattning : This study strives to chart the occurrence of mystic and kabbalistic influences inthe textual liturgic material of Jewish prayer books - siddurim - in Stockholm,during the 19th century as well as of today. Two prayer books, both focusing onthe prayer service for sabbath and festivals, were studied and compared to amaterial corresponding to a more traditionally inclined ashkenaz liturgy. LÄS MER
4. EN HERMENEUTISK UNDERSÖKNING AV DEN INTERTEXTUELLA RELATIONEN MELLAN BIRGITTA TROTZIGS I KEJSARENS TID OCH BRUNO SCHULZ VERK
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för litteraturvetenskapSammanfattning : This thesis analyses the intertextual relation between Birgitta Trotzig’s I Kejsarens tid and the works of the Polish author Bruno Schulz, using a hermeneutical method. The application of Manfred Pfister’s model for qualification of intertextual intensity initially motivates that the most important intertextual relations should be sought in the realm of “refer to” rather than “use”. LÄS MER
5. Resuming the Broken Dialogue : On Madness and the Limits of Reason in Michel Foucault and Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Master-uppsats,Sammanfattning : This thesis is a comparative study of Michel Foucault's History of Madness and Rabbi Nachman's teachings 64 and 5 from Liqqutei Moharan and Liqqutei Moharan Tinyana, respectively. The author compares how both authors conceive of madness and the limits of reason. The study is divided in three parts. LÄS MER