{"product_id":"shalom-sharabi-and-the-kabbalists-of-beit-el-9780195328806","title":"Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El","description":"The Jerusalem kabbalists of the Beit El Yeshivah are the most influential school of kabbalah in modernity. The school is associated with the writings and personality of a charismatic eighteenth-century Yemenite Rabbi, Shalom Shar'abi, considered by his acolytes to be divinely inspired by the\u003cbr\u003eprophet Elijah. Shar'abi initiated what is still the most active school of mysticism in contemporary Middle Eastern Jewry. Today, this meditative tradition is rising in popularity not only in Jerusalem, but throughout the Jewish World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePinchas Giller examines the characteristic mystical practices of the Beit El School. The dominant practice is that of ritual prayer with mystical intentions, or \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e themselves are the product of thousands of years of development and incorporate many traditions and bodies of\u003cbr\u003elore. Giller examines the archaeology of the \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e literature, the principle aspect of which is the meditation on God's sacred names while reciting prayers, the development of particular rituals, and the innovative mystical and devotional practices of the Beit El kabbalists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinchas Giller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195328806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePinchas Giller\u003c\/em\u003e is Professor of Jewish Thought at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eReading the Zohar: The Sacred Text of the Kabbalah\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39930755874931,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1e81a03e-5fc5-4db2-bca5-fa320babb0b4.jpg?v=1647699171","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/shalom-sharabi-and-the-kabbalists-of-beit-el-9780195328806","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}