The Kabbalistic tree = ha-ilan ha-̐ukabali / J. H. Chajes.

Author/creator Chajes, J. H. author.
Format Book
PublicationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania University Press, 2022.
Descriptionxiv, 440 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Subjects

Parallel title Ilan ha-̐ukabali
SeriesDimyonot : Jews and the cultural imagination
Dimyonot (University Park, Pa.) ; v. 14. ^A1388348
Contents Introduction : a first history of a forgotten genre -- The emergence of the Kabbalistic tree -- Classical ilanot -- Visualizing Lurianic Kabbalah -- Ilanot 2.0 : the emergence of the Lurianic ilan -- Luria compounded -- Ilan amulets -- The printed ilan -- Conclusion -- Appendix : catalogue of the Gross Family Ilanot Collection -- Collector's afterword / by William Gross.
Abstract "Explores the history and meanings of ilanot, diagrammatic representations of the Divine as a Porphyrian tree in Jewish mysticism and Kabbalistic manuscripts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022008561
ISBN9780271093451
ISBN0271093455 hardcover