Kabbalistic Manuscripts and Texual Theory: Methodologies of Textual Scholarship and Editorial Practice in the Study of Jewish Mysticism

Name: Kabbalistic Manuscripts and Texual Theory: Methodologies of Textual Scholarship and Editorial Practice in the Study of Jewish Mysticism
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ISBN: 9781933379180

ISBN-10: 1933379189

ISBN-13: 9781933379180

Edition: 2011

Authors: Daniel Abrams

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This book uncovers the unstated assumptions and expectations of scribes and scholars who fashioned editions from manuscripts of Jewish mystical literature. This study offers a theory of kabbalistic textuality in which the material book -- the printed page no less than hand-written manuscripts -- serves as the site for textual dialogue between Jewish mystics of different periods and locations. The refashioning of the text through the process of reading and commenting that takes place on the page in the margins and between the lines blurs the boundaries between the traditionally defined roles of author, reader, commentator and editor. This study shows that kabbalists and academic editors…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Gefen Books
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 762
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.058
Language: English