Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah

New York: Schocken Books, (1991). First American edition. Hardcover. Sm. quarto. 328pp. Half blue cloth with gold lettering on spine over paper-covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. The author deals with several of the Kabbalah's most intriguing formulations: the mystical form of the imageless god; good and evil in the Kabbalah; the Tsaddik, or righteous soul; the Shekhinah, the feminine aspect of god; Gilgul, the transmigration of souls; and Tselem, astral bodies, or the spiritual composition of a human being. Introduction by Professor Joseph Dan. Translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel. Edited and revised, according to the 1976 Hebrew edition, with the author's emendations, by Jonathan Chipman. Sunning on top-edge of boards. Slight scuffing on dj. Side- and underlining in pencil on some pages. Tight copy with dust jacket and binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. vg. Item #26521
ISBN: 0805240829

Price: $50.00

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