Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla’s Hermeneutics

by Elke Morlok

Extent: 360 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Philosophy

Series: Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism

Series volume number: 25

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2011)

ISBN: 9783161502033

Price: $180.00

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Elke Morlok deals with the hermeneutics of R. Joseph Gikatilla, one of the most outstanding and influential kabbalists of medieval Jewish mysticism. His literary creativity falls onto the last decades of the 13th century, when very innovative ideas on kabbalah and its hermeneutics were developed and formulated for the first time. The author analyzes several key concepts throughout his writings such as his ideas on letter combination, symbol, memory, imagination and ritual and their varying functions within the hermeneutical and theosophic structures that underlie Gikatilla’s approach. With the application of methods derived from modern theories on language and literature, she tries to create the basis for a fruitful encounter between medieval mystical hermeneutics and postmodern hermeneutical approaches. As Gikatilla incorporates two main trends of kabbalistic thinking during the medieval period, he was one of the most valuable sources for Christian thinkers interested in medieval kabbalistic thought.

By (author) Elke Morlok

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