Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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975389
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b729759
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Main Entry
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Giller, Pinchas,1953-
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Title & Author
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Shalom Shar'abi and the kabbalists of Beit El /\ Pinchas Giller.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, ©2008.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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ISBN
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0199716455
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: 1435630580
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: 9780199716456
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: 9781435630581
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Shar'abi and Beit El -- Kavvanah and kavvanot -- The names of God in the Beit El kavvanot -- Kabbalists in the community -- Beit El practice -- The literary tradition of Beit El -- The kavvanot in Hasidism.
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Abstract
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The Beit El kabbalists, led by their charismatic founder Shalom Shar'abi, have flourished in the Middle East for the last two and half centuries. This work is the first scholarly treatment of Beit El, its history, the underlying theory of its kabbalistic system and the practices and inner life of the kabbalists of Beit El.
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Subject
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Sharabi, Shalom,1720-1777.
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Sharabi, Shalom,1720-1777.
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Subject
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Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
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Yeshivat Bet El (Jerusalem)
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Cabala-- History.
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Jewish scholars-- Jerusalem.
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Jews, Yemeni-- Jerusalem.
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Kavvanot (Cabala)
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Rabbis-- Jerusalem.
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Cabala.
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Jewish scholars.
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Jews, Yemeni.
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Kavvanot (Cabala)
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Rabbis.
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RELIGION-- Judaism-- General.
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Subject
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Middle East, Jerusalem.
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Dewey Classification
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296.8/3309569442
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LC Classification
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BM526.G48 2008eb
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