Mystical Tradition : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Part 1

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On container: The Great Courses Religion.
Course no. 6130.
Compact disc.
Part 1 of 3 parts. Contains lectures 1-12 of 36 lectures comparing mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Lecture 1. A way into the mystic ways of the West -- Lecture 2. Family resemblances and differences -- Lecture 3. The biblical roots of Western mysticism -- Lecture 4. Mysticism in early Judaism -- Lecture 5. Merkabah mysticism -- Lecture 6. The Hasidim of medieval Germany -- Lecture 7. The beginnings of Kabbalah -- Lecture 8. Mature Kabbalah: Zohar -- Lecture 9. Isaac Luria and Safed spirituality -- Lecture 10. Sabbatai Zevi and messianic mysticism -- Lecture 11. The Ba'al Shem Tov and the new Hasidism -- Lecture 12. Mysticism in contemporary Judaism.
Lectures presented by Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University.
Examines the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of these three religions in relation to the mystical experience.

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