Along the Path: Studies in Kabbalistic Myth, Symbolism, and Hermeneutics

301 Pages·1995·23.38 MB·English

by  Elliot R. Wolfson

STUDIES IN
KABBALISTIC MYTH,
SYMBOLISM, AND
HERMENEUTICS
Elliot R.Wolfson

ALONG THE PATH

STUDIES IN KABBALISTIC MYTH,
SYMBOLISM, AND HERMENEUTICS
Elliot R. Wolfson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolfson, Elliot R.
Along the path: studies in Kabbalistic myth, symbolism, and
Hermeneutics / Elliot R. Wolfson.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7914-2407-3 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0-7914-2408-1 (pbk. :
alk. paper)
1. Mysticism-Judaism-History. 2. Cabala-History. 3. Sefer ha
-bahir. 4. Hasidism-History. I. Title.
BM723.W645 1995
296. 1 '6-dc20 94-18317
CIP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Tsvi,
fellow traveler on the path

Thinking itself is a way. We respond to the
way only by remaining underway. To be
underway on the way in order to clear the
way. ... Nevertheless if we are to remain
undenvay we must first of all and constantly
give attention to the way. TIle movement,
step by step, is what is essential here. Thinking
clears its way by its own questioning advance.
-Martin Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking?