{"product_id":"the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-twelve-hardcover","title":"The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Twelve - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Wolski\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJoel Hecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSefer ha-Zohar\u003c\/i\u003e (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since it emerged in Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written in a lyrical Aramaic, the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e, the masterpiece of Kabbalah, features mystical interpretation of the Torah, from Genesis to Deuteronomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twelfth volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition\u003c\/i\u003e presents an assortment of discrete Zoharic compositions. The first two chapters contain different versions of the Zoharic \u003ci\u003eHeikhalot\u003c\/i\u003e, descriptions of the heavenly halls or palaces that the soul of the kabbalist traverses during prayer. \u003ci\u003ePiqqudin\u003c\/i\u003e, or Commandments, is a kabbalistic treatment of the mystical reasons for the commandments. \u003ci\u003eRaza de-Razin\u003c\/i\u003e (Mystery of Mysteries) is a diagnostic manual for the ancient and medieval science of physiognomy, determining people's character based on physical appearance. \u003ci\u003eSitrei Otiyyot\u003c\/i\u003e (Secrets of the Letters) is a mystical essay that maps out the emergence of divine and mundane reality from the tetragrammaton, \u003ci\u003eYHVH\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eQav ha-Middah\u003c\/i\u003e (Line of Measure) is another mystical essay that describes the divine instrument used by God to gauge the mystical overflow to the ten \u003ci\u003esefirot\u003c\/i\u003e. The commentary on \u003ci\u003eMerkevet Yehezqel\u003c\/i\u003e (Ezekiel's Chariot) interprets the details of the prophet Ezekiel's chariot-vision. Beginning with the description of the four creatures, the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how Divinity and the cosmos comprise a series of quaternities that pervade all Being. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe last main chapter includes Zoharic commentary to various portions of the Torah. The volume closes with a short appendix of passages that printers have labeled \u003ci\u003eTosefta\u003c\/i\u003e despite their not fitting into that genre--a suitable end to the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e whose parameters and composition will remain ever mysterious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Wolski\u003c\/b\u003e is the Liberman Family Lecturer in Jewish Studies with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Journey into the Zohar: An Introduction to the Book of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and translator of Melila Hellner-Eshed's seminal work, \u003ci\u003eA River Flows From Eden: The Language of Mystical Experience in the Zohar\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2009). \u003cb\u003eJoel Hecker\u003c\/b\u003e serves as Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Jewish Theological Seminary, and Yeshiva University. Hecker is the author of \u003ci\u003eMystical Bodies, Mystical Meals: Eating and Embodiment in Medieval Kabbalah\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and the translator of Volume Eleven of \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 10.1 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380457947314,"sku":"9780804797740","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5aad2cc73af6fe8945e9277b3b0804b5.webp?v=1777784596","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-twelve-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}