Format:
1 online resource (236 pages)
ISBN:
9781618110985
Series Statement:
Judaism and Jewish Life Ser.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- SECTION I -- THE ANDROGYNE MYTH ACCORDING TO PLATO -- MALE AND FEMALE UNITY, PRIMORDIAL SIN AND REBELLION AGAINST THE GODS -- IN THE MIDRASH: ANDROGYNOUS ADAM -- IN THE KABBALAH: AN ETERNAL/DIVINE, SPIRITUAL AND HUMAN ANDROGYNE -- THE REBIRTH OF THE ANDROGYNE: JUDAH ABRAVANEL CITES PLATO AND MOSES -- SUMMARY: THE POWER OF MYTHS -- SECTION II -- INTRODUCTION: THE PHILOSOPHER AS SAGE OF LOVE -- THE LOVE OF RACHEL -- THE SAGE OF LOVE "RESCUES" THE -- PRACTICE AND THEORY IN THE WISDOM OF LOVE -- THE SAGE AND TEMPTATION -- LOVE THY FELLOW AS THE BASIS OF HUMAN SOCIALISATION -- OPTIMISM OUT OF LOVE -- ULTIMATE LOVE -- THE ORCHARD OF LOVE -- SUMMARY: THE UNIVERSAL SAGE -- SECTION III -- INTRODUCTION: PHILO AND SOPHIA -- THE SAGE'S DESIRE -- LOVE AS A UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON -- THE PARADOX OF ABSTRACT PERCEPTION -- LOVE AND BEAUTY -- WHEN AND WHERE WAS LOVE BORN? -- UNCONSUMMATED LOVE -- SECTION IV -- INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFYING REVOLUTIONARY AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN CULTURAL SOURCES -- A MONOGAMOUS MESSAGE TO A POLYGAMOUS CULTURE -- THE OBLIGATION TO HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE -- THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP AS PERFECTION: THE END OF MALE EXCLUSIVITY -- SUMMARY: INNOVATION AND THE NORM -- SECTION V -- INTRODUCTION: THE DUALISTIC APPROACH -- MARRIAGE AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH: HELP OR HINDRANCE? -- CATEGORICAL REJECTION: ABSTINENCE IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH! -- THE DILEMMA OF ABSTINENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A HIGH SPIRITUAL PLANE -- MOSES' ABSTINENCE -- ABSTINENCE: A PRECONDITION FOR LOVE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABBI BAHYA IBN PAKUDA -- RABBI JUDAH HALEVI'S REJECTION OF ABSTINENCE -- SUMMARY: MAINTAINING BALANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781934843291
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781934843291
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3110402
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