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9781438443812

Suckling at My Mother's Breasts : The Image of a Nursing God in Jewish Mysticism

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    9781438443812

  • ISBN10:

    1438443811

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-11-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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A fascinating discussion of the kabbalistic image of a nursing god, its historical context, and its theological implications.

Author Biography

Ellen Davina Haskell is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Table of Contents

Hebrew and Aramaic Transliterationsp. ix
Introduction: Kabbalistic Images, Relationality, and a Breastfeeding Godp. 1
Breastfeeding and Religious Transmission in Rabbinic Literaturep. 15
Suckling the Divine Overflow in Early Kabbalahp. 39
God as a Nursing Mother in Sefer ha-Zoharp. 65
Concluding Thoughts on the Nursing Divinep. 89
Notesp. 111
Bibliographyp. 175
Indexp. 189
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