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God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism

By David A. Cooper

Book information

Publisher
Riverhead Books
Year
1998
ISBN
1573226947, 9781573226943
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3970655 bytes)
Edition
1st Riverhead Trade Pbk. Ed
Pages
333\354
Topic
Religion
Time added
2016-10-05 12:54:54
Judaism

Description

Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah was restricted to qualified men over forty—because it was believed that only the most mature and pious could grasp its complexity and profound, life-changing implications. More recently, Kabbalah nearly disappeared—as most of its practitioners perished in the Holocaust. In the national bestseller God Is a Verb, this powerful spiritual tradition, after centuries of secrecy and near-extinction, is explained clearly by one of its most prominent teachers.Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? These questions have fueled Kabbalists for nearly a millennium. Rabbi David A. Cooper is the first to bring this obscure and difficult tradition to a mainstream audience in a way that gently leads us to the heart of the subject, showing us how to transform profound teachings into a meaningful personal experience—and appreciate fully this great mystical process we know as God.

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