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The Four Who Entered the Pardes

Kotel DaDon orcid.org/0000-0002-3542-3754

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This work is intended to examine one of the most interesting stories brought in the Rabbinical mystical literature, the story about The four who attempted to enter Pardes. Many scholars view it as a warning against the study of mysticism. They likewise generally agree that the tradition expressed in this story is a warning that attempts to dissuade those who might attempt to “enter pardes,” i.e., to engage in the study of Jewish mysticism, mystical speculation, interpretation, or practice. The Rabbinic legend concerning the four who entered Pardes plays a particularly important role in scholarly discussion concerning the character of Jewish mysticism and its assessment in the Talmudic period. In this work we wished to analyse the identities and backgrounds of the four major figures included in this story: Shimon ben Azaj, Shimon ben Zoma, and Eliša ben Abuya (Aher) who are presented as antitypes to the ideal Rabbi Akiba, who embodies qualities that each of the others lacks. Before enaging in discussion, the author is analysing the two different versions of the story appears in two different sources; in the Babylonian Talmud and in the Zohar. Later on the author is explaining the concept of Pardes in rabbinical literature and the Jewish perspective toward Kabala study. The main discussion is about the four rabbis and their personal stories. This work is analysing this question through many sources of Rabbinical literature from the Talmud time through the middle ages until modern time, literature that for the first time is being translated to the Croatian language by the author from Hebrew and Aramaic.

Ključne riječi

Pardes; Zohar; Ben Azaj; Ben Zoma; Aher; Rabi Akiba

Hrčak ID:

130021

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130021

Datum izdavanja:

30.11.2014.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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