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Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla's Hermeneutics (Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early
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Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla's Hermeneutics (Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism) Hardcover - 2011

by Elke Morlok


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Elke Morlok deals with the hermeneutics of R. Joseph Gikatilla, one of the most outstanding and influential kabbalists of medieval Jewish mysticism. His literary creativity falls onto the last decades of the 13th century, when very innovative ideas on kabbalah and its hermeneutics were developed and formulated for the first time. The author analyzes several key concepts throughout his writings such as his ideas on letter combination, symbol, memory, imagination and ritual and their varying functions within the hermeneutical and theosophic structures that underlie Gikatilla's approach. With the application of methods derived from modern theories on language and literature, she tries to create the basis for a fruitful encounter between medieval mystical hermeneutics and postmodern hermeneutical approaches. As Gikatilla incorporates two main trends of kabbalistic thinking during the medieval period, he was one of the most valuable sources for Christian thinkers interested in medieval kabbalistic thought.

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  • Title Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla's Hermeneutics (Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism)
  • Author Elke Morlok
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Publisher Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen
  • Date 2011
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9783161502033
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish

About the author

Elke Morlok, Born 1969; studied Protestant Theology in Tubingen, Theology and Jewish studies in Heidelberg, Jewish Thought at the Rothberg School for Overseas' Students and at the Hebrew University Jerusalem; 2008 PhD Hebrew University Jerusalem.
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