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Mystical Contemplation

Mystical Contemplation is a form of spiritual praxis within Jewish Mysticism that involves the disciplined, introspective engagement with divine emanations and esoteric textual structures to achieve unitive awareness of the Godhead, distinguished from other devotional practices by its focus on symbolic visualization, numerological interpretation, and ascent through metaphysical realms.

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61

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22

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

59

Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism.

Bernard J. Bamberger, Gershom Scholem · The Philosophical Review · 1943 · 484 citations

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Mysticism Sacred and Profane. An Inquiry into Some Varieties of Praeternatural Experience

Annemarie Schımmel, R. C. Zaehner · Die Welt des Islams · 1961 · 166 citations

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The mystical thought of Meister Eckhart: the man from whom God hid nothing

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 158 citations

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The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century

Bernard McGinn · Religious Studies · 1993 · 118 citations

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Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism

Alexander Altmann, Allan Arkush, Alfred L. Ivry et al. · 1998 · 100 citations

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Authors

61

  1. ER
    Elliot R. Wolfson

    New York University, United States

    4 publications · 197 citations

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  2. BM
    Bernard McGinn

    University of Divinity, Australia

    3 publications · 218 citations

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  3. MD
    Michael D. Swartz

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. RK
    Robert K. C. Forman

    City University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  5. WJ
    William Johnston

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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Institutions

22

  1. Institute of Religious Studies

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    95 citations

  2. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. University of Puget Sound

    Tacoma, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  4. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  5. Center for Jewish History

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  8. University of the District of Columbia

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 562 citations

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  2. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 3 publications · 106 citations

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  3. Religious Studies

    3 publications · 140 citations

    3

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  4. Modern Theology

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  5. The Jewish Quarterly Review

    JQR · 2 publications · 47 citations

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