{"product_id":"the-life-of-the-soul-jewish-perspectives-on-reincarnation-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-modern-period-hardcover","title":"The Life of the Soul: Jewish Perspectives on Reincarnation from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Gondos\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeore Sachs-Shmueli\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the wide-ranging theories Jewish mystics have offered to the vexing question - what precisely transpires after we die? A common element in their theories is that human life is a part of a larger ecosystem of \u003ci\u003ebeing\u003c\/i\u003e which also includes plants, animals, and inanimate things, like rocks. They further maintained that the soul does not perish with the demise of the body, but is rather renewed and recycled into new forms of embodied existence in the lower world. Each essay highlights how reincarnation, also known as \u003ci\u003emetempsychosis\u003c\/i\u003e or the \u003ci\u003etransmigration of souls\u003c\/i\u003e, is not a marginalized concept but is instead central to understanding a variety of perplexing issues in Judaism, including catastrophic events in Jewish history, theodicy, the rationale for biblical commandments, the complex identity of biblical figures, and the issues of sin, punishment, and redemption. Just as the concept of reincarnation is inherently about boundary crossing, its investigation similarly bridges diverse epistemic fields and disciplines--religion, philosophy, psychology, history, ritual, gender, and cultural studies. Weaving together kabbalistic speculations and Jewish philosophical ideas drawn from distinct geographical regions and historical periods, this book is poised to serve as a point of departure for future comparative investigations on the life of the soul in Judaism and Eastern religious traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47466752213170,"sku":"9798855800050","price":169.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0d40a4156455dc3ccaa95b1a461f4488.webp?v=1779031037","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-life-of-the-soul-jewish-perspectives-on-reincarnation-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-modern-period-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}