Derrida, Kabbalah, Talmud and the Post-Modernism Politics
Israelowitz M
Derrida, Kabbalah, Talmud and the Post-Modernism Politics
By Meir Israelowitz
Kabbalah
Porpola 40, propose the origins of Kabbalah on the line Scholem 41 historical origins of the Kabbalah. Porpola shows a direct connection of the Assyrian Tree of life to the Sefirot, 42 in the tradition the Sefirot described in the Book of Creation 43 and the Bahir, 44 the description of the Adam Kadmon, 45 the theoretical men of Genesis, while Kabbalah itself is connected to Hebrew tradition, the Torah, 46 and prophet books especially the book of Ezequiel. 47
40 Porpola S, 1993. The Assyrian Tree of Life: Tracing the origin of Jewish Monotheism and Greek Philosophy,
Journal Near Eastern Studies 52: 161-208. Porpola first explain the use of the Assyrians of the tree of life in pp- 162, Gods hierarchy representation, in pp-165 cover the basic symbolism and concept of the tree of life and pp- 169 the Sefirot concept tree of live, in figure show the correspondence not only to the world of Sefirot, but other mystical traditions, Tatrans. In page pp-169 correlated the Assyrian Gods to the hierarchy of the Sefirot, Porpola acknowledge not trace in cuneiform, but in the Palace and temples walls the significance— show in pp-183 direct of the walls British museum: The same description in page 186 is related to the Kabbalah concept of the Adam ha Kadmon, the gematria applied in Kabbalh mention in the book of Creation 1:1, is found tree of life of the Assyrians pp-180. The epic Gilgamesh as a classic application of the tree of life, other example is the Etana myth of men acceding to the heaven using eagles, but each heave was a place of the Gods, and the equivalence to the Sefirot. 41 Gershon Shalom in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 1941, crystalize his view of Kabbalah Analysis— the
Jewish Mysticism cannot be separated from historical context, in the line Hegel views in history of Philosophy and Gegengeschichte of Nietzsche. 42 Porpola in pp-171, The Assyrian Tree of Life: Tracing the origin of Jewish Monotheism and Greek
Philosophy, the sticking similarity between them. 43 The Book Creation: In theory and practice, Translation and commentary by Aryeh Kaplan, 1990, Samuel Weiser, Inc, York Beach, Maine 44 The Bahir is one of the oldest text and first published in 1176 in province, but the book while is 12,000 words
is known and ascribed to Rabbi Nehunian ben HaKana, as mention was known Natroani Gaon( 794-861) and Hai Gaon( 939-1038), the book itself is divided in five sections, the first section deal with creation, the second the alphabet, the third seven voices and sefirot, fourth the ten sefirot and the last the soul. A fundamental concept is self-contraction of g-d light, The Bahir Translation by Aryeh Kapaln, reprint 1990, Samuel Weiser, Inc, York Beach Maine. 45 Adam ha kadmon best description in the Zohar, the section of Rose, where the Adam ha Kadmon is correlated
to the Sefirot. 46 The Zohar is section to weekly reading of the Torah. 47 The book Ezequiel, itself the Chariot is found hekhalot( palaces) literature, concerning stories of ascents to
the heavenly palaces and the Throne of God, the work is found late Hellenistic period Heichalot texts are found Hekhalot Zutartey( The Lesser Palaces), which details an ascent of Rabbi Akiva; Hekhalot Rabbati( The Greater Palaces), or Pirkei Hekhalot, which details an ascent of Rabbi Ishmael; Maaseh Merkabah( Account of the Chariot), a collection of hymns recited by the descenders and heard during their ascent; Merkavah Rabba( The great Chariot): Sepher Hekhalot( Book of Palaces, also known as 3 Enoch),