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Title: Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Daniel Chanan Matt ISBN: 0-8091-2387-8 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: December, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Mystical Rhapsody, Well Annotated
Comment: Most of the translations of material from the "Zohar" I have seen have been difficult reading, a kind of cross between Talmud and gnostic treatise. In this volume, Daniel Matt translates a small selection (2% of the work by his own estimate) into rhapsodic and rapturuous, truly air-borne free verse. The effect is both surprizing and exhilarating. The only comparable approaches I can think of that might put you in mind of the nature of this translation are Stanley Lombardo's Homer and Stephen McKenna's Plotinus. But lest I create the impression that this book is only pleasure, the introduction to Kabbalistic thought in general, and the Zohar in particular is quite illuminating, as are the detailed notes on each selection placed at the end of the book. In short, this is a great read and a mind-blower.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Poetic Translation of the Zohar
Comment: This is the most interesting anthology of Zohar literature I have seen. Though the anthology represents only 5% of the whole Zohar, it is translated in a uniquely modern style. It is translated as poetry, which is highly original, and a very comprehensive introduction and very detailed notes explain the Kabbalistic meanings to the average reader.
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Title: The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel Chanan Matt ISBN: 0785808701 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Maimonides Reader by Isadore Twersky ISBN: 0874412064 Publisher: Behrman House Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Early Kabbalah (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paper)) by Joseph Dan, Ronald C. Kiener, Moshe Idel ISBN: 0809127695 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies) by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Harold Bloom ISBN: 0295975199 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Exclusiveness and Tolerance: Studies in Jewish-Gentile Relations in Medieval and Modern Times (Scripta Judaica, 3.) by Jacob Katz ISBN: 0874413656 Publisher: Behrman House Pub. Date: December, 1983 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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