JWST 255 - Western Mystical Traditions

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as RELI 255) Textual, phenomenological and theological studies in the religious mysticism of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. May be taken more than once for credit when content changes.
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Topic for 2015/16b: Kabbalah. A survey of the historical and phenomenological development of the theoretical/theosophical and practical/magical dimensions of the Jewish mystical tradition from its biblical origins to postmodernity. Mr. Epstein.

Tw0 75-minute periods.