![]() | Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism--and of the development of religious concepts more generally. Peter Schäfer is Professor of Religion and Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies at Princeton University as well as University Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Institut für Judaistik at Freie Universität Berlin. His last book was Judeophobia: Attitudes toward the Jews in the Ancient World . |
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