Du midrash au Zohar
The theme of the fight against Amaleq occupies an important place in the rabbinic literature and it is not surprising that the Zohar should further develop it. We find it therefore interesting to analyse the manner in which the Zohar uses Midrashic patterns in order to express its own conceptions. B...
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| Language: | fra |
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Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Yod |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/yod/670 |
| Summary: | The theme of the fight against Amaleq occupies an important place in the rabbinic literature and it is not surprising that the Zohar should further develop it. We find it therefore interesting to analyse the manner in which the Zohar uses Midrashic patterns in order to express its own conceptions. By examining the Amaleq section, we can discern several instances: he Zohar simply reproduces motifs found in the classical Midrash, the Zohar takes up a Midrashic theme and relocates it on a theosophical realm. But most of the times, the Zohar exposes innovating esoteric and theosophical interpretations of the Biblical verses. The remarkable success of the Zohar, its large reception and dissemination, as compared to other Kabbalistic texts, could be explained by the use it makes of the ancient Midrash, by the way it enriches and refines it by means of new theosophical and theurgic contents. |
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| ISSN: | 0338-9316 2261-0200 |