Moshe Idel: Representing God

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Moshe Idel, Max Cooper Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a world-renowned scholar of the Jewish mystical tradition. His historical studies of rabbinic, philosophic, kabbalistic and Hasidic texts have transformed modern understanding of Jewish intellectual history. Table of Contents: The Contributors Editors Introduction to the Series Moshe Idel: An Intellectual Portrait "Jonathan Garb" Torrah: Between Presence and Representation of the Divine in Jewish Mystiicsm "Moshe Idel" Panim: On Facial Re-Presentations in Jewish Thought: Some Correlational Instances "Moshe Idel" The Changing Faces as the Image of God in Jewish Mysticism "Moshe Idel" Johannes Reuchlin: Kabbalah, Pythagorean Philosophy and Modern Scholarship "Moshe Idel" Interview with Moshe Idel "Hava Tirosh-Samuelson" Selected Bibliography"Biographical Note: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Aaron W. Hughes holds the Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. Publisher Marketing: Moshe Idel, Max Cooper Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a world-renowned scholar of the Jewish mystical tradition. His historical studies of rabbinic, philosophic, kabbalistic and Hasidic texts have transformed modern understanding of Jewish intellectual history. Contributor Bio:  Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Arizona State University.