| Title: | Air and breathing in Medieval Jewish mysticism |
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| Authors: | ID Marder, Michael (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.35469/poligrafi.2023.399
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | This essay is a study of the element of air and the process of breathing in light of the medieval book of Zohar and related aspects of the broader Jewish tradition. Mapping air onto the divine body comprised of the sefirot, or the emanations of God, I reconsider the connection between breath and spirit, while also focusing on the sensuous and atmospheric aspects of aerial and pneumatic phenomena: wind, scents, the rising expansion of hot air and the falling condensation of the cold. Breathing is examined throughout the entire respiratory system, from the lungs to the nostrils, with respect to both the sefirotic divine body and the breath of life, animating the creaturely realm. Throughout the study, I pay particular at-tention to the paradoxical mode in which air remains an indeterminate, literally groundless element and, at the same time, is at the heart of theo-anatomy, of life, and of sustaining a fragile world |
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| Keywords: | air, breath, mysticism, emanations, spirit |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 20.12.2023 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 9-29 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 28, št. 111/112 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-18923  |
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| UDC: | 14:2 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-8828 |
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| DOI: | 10.35469/poligrafi.2023.399 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 195332355 |
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| Copyright: | The Authors |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 14.05.2024 |
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| Views: | 67 |
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