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A collection of essays that advance psalms studies through a concerted focus on the persuasive aim of psalmic poetry, and offers perspectives on rhetorical devices within the psalms. It includes discussions of structure, literary devices, and rhetorical strategies, psalms research, and trends in rhetoric and cognitive science.

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Highlighting connections that have been hidden from our non-Jewish eyes, Rabbi Jason Sobel pulls back the curtain to shed Gods light on the holy scriptures.

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Zohar, or 'brilliant light,' is the central text of Kabbalah. In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth. This selection offers translations of eight of the well developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and detailed commentary.

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Mystical Science and Practical Religion uniquely examines the religious discourse of Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh applied science professionals and students. While they each view their respective religions as the most scientific, their work reshapes how they practice and conceptualize their faith.

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Prayer can be so much more than a simple conversation. It can be a wordless connection with God, a step beyond the boundary of the separated self. It can be a way to listen to the silence.And it can be learned.We can learn how to pray in ways we never thought possible. It doesn't take more effort; it takes more understanding.

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This book embarks on scholarly investigations of mystical phenomena, including shamanism, near-death experiences, and the paranormal. Contributors address queries such as why religious experiences are ineffable, what the explanatory mechanisms of altered states of consciousness are, and how literature and art express the mystical.

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This book examines two religious leadersBonaventure, a medieval Franciscan theologian, and Chinul, a medieval Korean Zen masterand their efforts to integrate the intellectual and spiritual life. It also explores associated tensions between positive and negative modes of discourse on the divine and between immanence and transcendence.

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Nearly two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary creation remain lively and provocative materials in both Jewish culture and the New-Age movement. This work offers a systematic description of the mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism.

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Nearly two hundred years since Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav's demise, his philosophical writings and literary creation remain lively and provocative materials in both Jewish culture and the New-Age movement. This work offers a systematic description of the mystical doctrine of one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish mysticism.

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Mysticism is one of the most enduring and fascinating aspects of religious life, and one of the most difficult to unpick. This book enables readers to understand the nature of mysticism, and examines in detail the traditional methods used by mystics in seeking an intimate understanding of the spiritual world.

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A guide to mysticism: one of the most enduring and fascinating aspects of religious life, and one of the most difficult to unpick. It enables readers to understand the nature of mysticism, and to examine in detail the traditional methods used by mystics in seeking an intimate understanding of the spiritual world.

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The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This book argues that only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought. What is narrated in the Bible is only myth.

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The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This book argues that only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought. What is narrated in the Bible is only myth.

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An overview of the pre-Christian religions of Scandinavia.

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The Cosmographia of Bernard Silvester was the most important literary myth written between Lucretius and Dante. One of the most widely read books of its time, it was known to authors whose interests were as diverse as those of Vincent of Beauvais, Dante, and Chaucer. Bernard offers one of the most profound versions of a familiar theme in medieval l

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Myth is a complex but vital component of an understanding of religion, and issues surrounding the modern discipline of mythology are often fraught with difficulty. This book covers the major theories concerning the meaning and interpretation of myth, from structuralist to psychoanalystic.