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Post by plewis66 on Apr 6, 2005 9:45:00 GMT
Does naybody know any?
My Qabalistic knowledge comes mostly from McGregor Mathers 'Kabbalah Unveiled', Gareth Knights 'Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism', the woks of Crowley, Manchester Central Libraries transalated Sepher Zohar (only tiny bits of dipping in there!), and my own workings. At the tiem there wasn't much more available.
Now, searching Amazon returns:
Kabbalah -787 Kaballah - 73 Kabalah - 16 kabbala - 32 kabala - 21 kaballa - 2 qabbalah - 7 qaballah - 10 qabalah - 50 qabbala - 1 qaballa - 1 qabala - 12
giving a grand total of 1072 books searchable by title, but then in the category
Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Sacred Texts > Kabbalah
there are 1211 books.
That's a lot to get through, so any recommendations would be most gratefully received!
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Post by jmd on Apr 6, 2005 10:30:32 GMT
In studying Kabalah, a number of texts are, in my personal view, essential, and many others are just plain great.
Any texts by G. Scholem will provide a solid historical foundation (even if some of his views are not universally accepted, and if he himself would undoubtedly alter some given some more recent studies). He virtually singlehandedly placed the subject as something worthy of investigation in academic circles.
Books by Moshe Idel are also of exceedingly high value.
And, of course, Aryeh Kaplan, especially his translation and commentary on the Bahir and the Sefer Yetzirah - each essential reading.
I would also commend Halevi (Warren Kenton)'s works, though not in the same way as I would the above.
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Post by plewis66 on Apr 6, 2005 10:39:43 GMT
Thats fantastic. Many thanks.
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Post by plewis66 on Apr 6, 2005 10:51:02 GMT
Excellent.
I've managed to find Idel's 'New Perspectives', Scholems 'Kabbalah', and and Kaplan's 'Bahir' and 'Yetzirah' secondhand at decent prices.
Many thanks. These will keep me entertained for years!
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giovanni
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Post by giovanni on Apr 14, 2005 10:05:49 GMT
JEWISH MYSTICISM: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KABBALAH Abelson, J.
It's a bit old, but very clear
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