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Literary Impressions of Kabbalah: Hidden Thought Threads from Balzac to Borges

Rabbi Asher Crispe
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Jewish mystics have long ruminated on the book-like properties of reality as a whole, and the human condition in particular. This presentation will document the import of kabbalistic ideas in the works of such famed literati as Hugo, Emerson, Melville, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Derrida, and more.
 
This lecture took place at the 12th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit: Jretreat.com.

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Scholars: Rabbi Asher Crispe
Provider: National Jewish Retreat
Video title: Literary Impressions of Kabbalah: Hidden Thought Threads from Balzac to Borges
Category: Lecture
Views: 1001
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