These particular texts achieved a wide underground circulation amongst jewish mystic elites despite a severe rabbinical ban on abulafia promulgated by shlomo ben adret. Books by abraham abulafia author of abraham abulafia. He wrote about halakhah, masorah and the controversy over maimonides opinion on the subject of resur rection. Queen of sheba frotn selected poetry of yehuda atnichai by.
Other articles where abraham ben samuel abulafia is discussed. By tlv2go omvat gordon beach, gordon pool en kikar ha medina. David abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself. The main protagonists are the three major oceansthe atlantic, the pacific, and the indianwhich together comprise the majority of. Experience in abraham abulafia, while the term kabbalah, rather than mysticism. Abraham abulafia has 34 books on goodreads with 286 ratings. He also wrote poems in arabic abulafia collected his poems in diwan, which he called gan hameshalim vehahidot the garden of parables and riddles.
David abulafias history of the mediterranean takes in ancient empires and modern tourists tim whitmarsh fri 17 jun 2011 18. Vida y obra del cabalista abraham ben samuel abulafia. After serving as the head rabbi of tzfat, rabbi chaim abulafia moved to izmir, turkey, serving as its rav. Abulafia adopted the understanding of prophecy found in the philosophical writings of moses maimonides 15. Yehudah ben barzilai that we encounter, probably for the first time in.
Farabi and ibn sina, to the effect that the prophet receives an overflow from, and thereby attains a state of conjunction with, the active intellect, the last of the. His rabbinical decisions are still extant in manuscript azulai, shem hagedolim, no. In case you missed my previous articles about abraham abulafia, titled abulafia kabbalah. A distant relative of meir halevi abulafia, but no relation to avraham, todros ben yehuda abulafia was born in toledo in 1247 and spent most of his life in that city, where arabic was still in use some one hundred and fifty years after it had been retaken by christians.
Yet, explains david abulafia, it was also a test of ones religious devotion, whether muslim or christian. Historical records and family trees related to meir abulafia. He wrote poems on nearly every subject imaginable, leaving behind a collection of some 1200 poems that he himself edited in 1298. Uvadare digital academic repository arabic influence in the. The state of israel was established in 1948 as a jewish democracy, without a legal separation between religion and the. David abulafias new book guides readers along the worlds greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The mystical experience in abraham abulafia suny series in judaica. Edited with notes and commentary by david yellin, vol. Abraham abulafia was a spanish kabbalist from the th century who was responsible for developing a special kabbalistic path which he referred to as kabbalah nevuit prophetic kabbalah. Rabbi chaim abulafia the second was born in chevron and was a descendant of rabbi chaim abulafia the first. Toledo, toledo, castilela mancha, spain immediate family. David abulafia books list of books by author david abulafia. The abulafia family was famous and respected in spain.
Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion suny series in the anthropology of work first edition us first printing by moshe idel author visit amazons moshe idel page. First, they are some of the clearest meditative techniques in all of the kabbalah, and. David abulafia, fsa, frhists, fba born 12 december 1949 is an english historian with a particular interest in italy, spain and the rest of the mediterranean during the middle ages and renaissance. Ben yehuda street jeruzalem 2020 alles wat u moet weten. Hayyim ben jacob abulafia born 1660 in hebron, died 1744 in tiberias, ottoman syria was a rabbinical authority. The practical kabbalah of abraham abulafia survived centuries of censorship. He spent most of his career at the university of cambridge, initially as a lecturer, and was finally promoted internally from reader to the position of professor, at the age of 51, in the year 2000. Cultural ambiguity and hebrew poetry in muslim spain baltimore.
Abulafia, todros ben joseph haleviabulafia, todros ben joseph halevi c. Born in saragossa, spain, abulafia moved to tudela in his childhood and studied with his father until the latters death in 1258. He was born in zaragoza, spain in 1240 and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291, following a stay on the small and windswept island of comino, the smallest of the three inhabited islands that make up the maltese archipelago. Meir halevyabulafia was born in 1290, at birth place, to yehuda ben todros abulafia. Eliezer benyehuda oxford centre for hebrew and jewish studies.
Todros ben judah halevi abulafia 1247 after 0 was a jewish poet who wrote primarily in hebrew. Abraham was close to his father, a pious jew, who taught him the torah and talmud. Todros ben judah halevi abulafia jewish virtual library. Abraham abulafia, the founder of the ecstatic kabbalah, exposed a mysticism that includes a deep interest in language as a universe in itself, to be studied as the philosophers study nature, in order to attain higher knowledge than natural science and speculative philosophy. Abraham abulafia 12401291 is the most important figure in the prophetic kabbalah, and among the most fascinating kabbalists in our historical record. Adi abulafia shaare zedek medical center, jerusalem. Plaintiffs notice of claim timely, city entitled to compel. He should not be confused with moses isserles, known as the rema or the rama hebrew. Todros ben judah halevi abulafia should not be mixed up with todros ben joseph halevi abulafia, his first cousin. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. David abulafia has 30 books on goodreads with 10533 ratings. Tadros abulafia in matters of kabbalah, and an acquaintance of ibn. Abraham abulafia and ecstatic kabbalah see other formats. Ovadia abulafia, obstetriciangynecologist in brooklyn.
Abulafias life of the world to come extant in more manuscript copies that the zohar. Abulafia, todros ben judah halevi 1247after 1298, hebrew poet. Source for information on abulafia, todros ben joseph halevi. Todros ben joseph was a kabbalist, a rabbi, and an influential communal leader. See all books authored by david abulafia, including the discovery of mankind. They knew one another, but their lives were very different. Abulafia, abraham ben samuel 1240after 1291, founder of the prophetic kabbalah. As kay alleged the manual contained misrepresentations, accrual of his negligent misrepresentation claim also commences when he bought. He was the grandfather of hayyim ben david abulafia and grandson of isaac nissim aben gamil. David abulafias most popular book is the great sea.
Halevi abulafia father of yehuda ben todros halevi abulafia. Atlantic encounters in the age of columbus, and italy, sicily and the mediterranean, 11001400 collected studies series, no cs250, and more on. The collection of poems was written mostly in hebrew and included poems by other authors as well. Abulafia was a pupil of asbasan and a rabbi in damascus. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In his old age 1740 he restored the jewish community in tiberias mikrae kodesh holy convocations, smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on biblical and talmudical themes. Todros ben joseph halevi abulafia should not be mixed up with his cousin, todros ben judah halevi abulafia. From what we know of his biography based on his own accounts, and those of outside sources he lived a very unusual life for a kabbalist. Situated at the intersection of europe, asia, and africa, the mediterranean sea has been for millenia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. Robert alter hebrew and modernityindiana university press 1994. Abulafias life and work braham ben samuel abulafia was born in 1240 at saragossa, aragon, a kingdom in the north of spain, but grew up in the neighboring kingdom of navarre. One of the key personalities in the development of jewish mysticism, sometimes referred to as the father of ecstatic kabbalah, was abraham abulafia, born in saragossa, spain in the thirteenth century. Abulafia was a rabbi in smyrna, where he instituted many wholesome regulations.
At least some writers, like the poet avraham ben yitzhak sonne and the. In his old age 1740 he restored the jewish community in tiberias. A sea voyage in the 12th century was a perilous undertaking, as a spanish muslim courtiers account of his crossing of the mediterranean demonstrates. Abraham abulafias most popular book is abraham abulafia. In his great oman, the poet todros ben judahhalevi abulafia.
Moshe idels phenomenology and its sources semantic scholar. Biography of abraham abulafia abraham ben samuel abulafia was a sicilian kabbalist born in saragossa, spain in 1240. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Abulafias was aware of meditation techniques coming from the sufi tradition, as document in his writings. In the footsteps of eliezer ben yehuda and the hebrew language. Abraham ben samuel abulafia jewish kabbalist britannica. Language, torah, and hermeneutics in abraham abulafia. Courtier todros ii ben yehudah i halevi ben yahuda.
Chanting the name jhvh the meditative techniques created by abraham abulafia and his followers are unusual in several respects. David abulafia is a maritime historian whose research on medieval mediterranean trade, in sicily, the balearic islands and the levant, has led him to write a large history of the mediterranean. Todros ben joseph halevi abulafia jewish virtual library. Abulafia, meir ben todros halevi 1170 1244 spanish talmudist and poet. The one exception at court was a jewish poet named todros abulafia see my last post on abulafia and his modern critics, who wrote as all jewish writers did in the th century in spain in hebrew. Abraham abulafia abraham abulafias light of the intellect 1285, vat. Rabbi todros ben joseph halevi was born in burgos, spain, and died in toledo. Meaning and history of kabbalah in languedoc, catalonia, castile and italy, abraham abulafia was a kabbalist. First, they are some of the clearest meditative techniques in all of the kabbalah, and come with directions that even a beginner may understand. He also composed hebrew poetry dictionary of jewish biography. Nondenominational meditation techniques for ecstasy and kabbalah.