2nd Hand - Jewish Spirituality From The Bible Through The Middle Ages Edited By Arthur Green

2nd hand , odd marks but really it's in very good condition. There is a corner of the title page removed.

In this unparalleled series, a project which is unlikely to be attempted again with such thoroughness for at least another century, leading scholars and specialists from every religious tradition and every part of the globe cover the spiritual history of the human race.

Each volume, which can be read with benefit apart from the series, is the co-operative work of a team of experts and is generously illustrated, with comprehensive bibliographies.

Contents

1. foundations: Israel's religion, The Jerusalem temple, Biblical prophecy, Biblical tradition, The Spirituality of the Psalms, from prophecy to apocalypse
2. Emergence: Varieties of Judaism, Philo and the contemplative life, Law and Spirit, Ascetical aspects of Ancient Judaism, The religious experence of the Merkavah
3. Reflections: The inner meaning of sacred texts, the Devotional ideals of Ashkenazic Pietism, The mystic and the mizwot, hibbodedut as concentration in ecstatic Kabbalah

paperback 450 pages  15.5x23.5x3cm