{"product_id":"the-kabbalistic-tree-j-h-chajes-9780271093451","title":"The Kabbalistic Tree \/ \u0026#1492;\u0026#1488;\u0026#1497;\u0026#1500;\u0026#1503; \u0026#1492;\u0026#1511;\u0026#1489;\u0026#1500;\u0026#1497;","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIlanot\u003c\/i\u003e--parchment sheets presenting the kabbalistic \"tree of life\"--have been at the center of Jewish mystical practice for the past seven hundred years. Written by leading \u003ci\u003eilanot \u003c\/i\u003eexpert J. H. Chajes, \u003ci\u003eThe Kabbalistic Tree \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive and gorgeously illustrated history of these arboreal \"maps of God.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book documents when, where, and why Jews began to visualize and to draw the mystical shape of the Divine as a Porphyrian tree. At once maps, mandalas, and memory palaces, \u003ci\u003eilanot \u003c\/i\u003eprovided kabbalists with diagrammatic representations of their structured image of God. Scrolling an \u003ci\u003eilan \u003c\/i\u003eparchment in contemplative study, the kabbalist participated mimetically in \u003ci\u003etikkun, \u003c\/i\u003ethe development and perfection of Divinity. Chajes reveals the complex lore behind these objects. His survey begins with the classical \u003ci\u003eilanot \u003c\/i\u003eof pre-expulsion Spain, Byzantine Crete, Kurdistan, Yemen, and Renaissance Italy. A close examination of the \u003ci\u003eilanot\u003c\/i\u003e inspired by the Kabbalah taught by R. Isaac Luria in sixteenth-century Safed follows, and Chajes concludes with explorations of modern \u003ci\u003eilan\u003c\/i\u003e amulets and printed \u003ci\u003eilanot\u003c\/i\u003e. With attention to the contexts of their creation and how they were used, \u003ci\u003eThe Kabbalistic Tree\u003c\/i\u003e investigates \u003ci\u003eilanot\u003c\/i\u003e from collections around the world, including forty from the incomparable Gross Family Collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 250 never-before-seen images reproduced in stunning quality, this chronological and typological survey is a singular combination of exquisite art and foundational scholarship. Specialists in early modern history, religion, art history, and esotericism, as well as those fascinated by Kabbalah and its iconography, will enthusiastically embrace Chajes's iconic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. H. Chajes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271093455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271093451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.28h x 8.28w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023","brand":"J. H. Chajes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072185135359,"sku":"9780271093451","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97c15f6a-b6ac-4ad3-90cc-6d09169893b9.jpg?v=1685440444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kabbalistic-tree-j-h-chajes-9780271093451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}