Archive for October 22nd, 2008

The Textualization of Eros: Part Three: Marc Gafni

Posted on: October 22nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

The Eroticization of Text: In a tour de force the process of study is described in the Zohar much in the way the 12th century troubadours a hundred years before described their flirtation with their loves. In the romantic ideal of courtly love, thoug ...

Textualization of Eros: Part Two: Marc Gafni

Posted on: October 22nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

on the first day of Simchat Torah according to the count of the Land of Israel When the Temple was destroyed the masters knew that the holy writ of biblical myth needed to be expanded and deepened. The temple, which was the archetypal object of eroti ...

The Spiritual Practice of Study: The Textualization of Eros:Part Three

Posted on: October 22nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

On the first day after Simchat Torah: by the counting of the land of Israel The Textualization of Eros When the Temple was destroyed the masters knew that the holy writ of biblical myth needed to be expanded and deepened. The temple, which was the ar ...