@Book{865359814, author="Afṭerman, Adam", title="``And they shall be one flesh'': on the language of mystical union in Judaism", series="Supplements to the Journal of Jewish thought and hhilosophy volume 26", year="2016", publisher="Brill", address="Leiden", keywords="Mysticism; Judaism; Influence; Cabala; Mystical union", abstract="Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Philo to Plotinus: The Emergence of Mystical Union -- 3 Unio Mystica and Ancient Jewish Mysticism -- 4 Platonic and Aristotelian Traditions of Union -- 5 ``As Light Unites with Light'': The Language of Union in Jewish Neoplatonism -- 6 The Language of Union in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Moses Nachmanides -- 7 Mystical Union in Early Kabbalah -- 8 Mystical Union in the Ecstatic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia -- 9 Language and Images of Mystical Union in the Kabbalah of R. Isaac of Acre -- 10 ``Single Unification, Single Bond'': The Language of Union and Unity in the Zohar -- 11 From Kabbalah to the Renaissance and Hasidism: A Brief Overview -- 12 Concluding Remarks -- Primary Sources -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Primary Sources.", note="by Adam Afterman", note="Literaturangaben", isbn="9789004328730", doi="10.1163/9789004328730", url="http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004328730", url="http://www.brill.com/product_id93005", url="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004328730", language="English" }