author: ira chernus

Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism: Studies in the History of Midrash

... esoteric view , allowing redemption only for those few who have the necessary esoteric knowledge . At this point one ... fundamentals . This ambivalence is also apparent in the substance of the midrashim we have surveyed : it is not esoteric ...

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