The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism

This article discusses one of the most important conceptions in Jewish mysticism, according to which the fi rst manifestation of the incomprehensible God is an anthropomorphic structure of light, termed the Primordial Man (Heb. Adam Kadmon). The article studies the origin of this conception, its par...

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Main Author: Konstantin Burmistrov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2019-12-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
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Online Access:http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6907
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spelling doaj-57ada5a43cc44621a0d13c887b7fc5272020-11-25T01:46:19ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия1991-640X2409-46922019-12-01848497117http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturI201984.97-1176The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticismKonstantin Burmistrov0Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences; 12/1 Goncharnaia Str., Moscow 109240, Russian FederationThis article discusses one of the most important conceptions in Jewish mysticism, according to which the fi rst manifestation of the incomprehensible God is an anthropomorphic structure of light, termed the Primordial Man (Heb. Adam Kadmon). The article studies the origin of this conception, its parallels to other religious and philosophical traditions, as well as diff erences in its interpretation in various versions of Kabbalistic doctrine. Some kabbalists believed that keeping the commandments (Heb. mitzvoth) is of a theurgic, cosmic signifi cance. According to this understanding, the actions of the earthly man, created as an image of the Higher Man (Heb. Adam haelyon), are endowed with special holiness and, in turn, can aff ect the divine world of Adam Kadmon. The Torah itself, the Jewish scripture given in revelation, is understood as a living divine organism, a “divine structure” that has an anthropomorphic form. Special attention is paid in the article to the interpretation of Adam Kadmon in the late Kabbalistic school of Yitzhak Luria (1534–1572), whose cosmogony was rather elaborate and came to be most infl uential in the Kabbalah of the following centuries and in the doctrine of Hasidism. The article also analyses the conception of the Primordial Man in the philosophical system of Abraham ha-Cohen Herrera (1570–1635), who proposed a specifi c synthesis of Jewish Kabbalah and European philosophical ideas, which made it possible for non-Jewish thinkers to become familiar with the conception in question.http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6907предвечный человек адам кадмон иудаизм мистицизм неоплатонизм ислам филон библия абсолют эманация зоѓар сфирот
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The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
предвечный человек
адам кадмон
иудаизм
мистицизм
неоплатонизм
ислам
филон
библия
абсолют
эманация
зоѓар
сфирот
author_facet Konstantin Burmistrov
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title The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
title_short The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
title_full The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
title_fullStr The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
title_full_unstemmed The concept of the Primordial Man (Adam Kadmon) in jewish mysticism
title_sort concept of the primordial man (adam kadmon) in jewish mysticism
publisher St. Tikhon's Orthodox University
series Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
issn 1991-640X
2409-4692
publishDate 2019-12-01
description This article discusses one of the most important conceptions in Jewish mysticism, according to which the fi rst manifestation of the incomprehensible God is an anthropomorphic structure of light, termed the Primordial Man (Heb. Adam Kadmon). The article studies the origin of this conception, its parallels to other religious and philosophical traditions, as well as diff erences in its interpretation in various versions of Kabbalistic doctrine. Some kabbalists believed that keeping the commandments (Heb. mitzvoth) is of a theurgic, cosmic signifi cance. According to this understanding, the actions of the earthly man, created as an image of the Higher Man (Heb. Adam haelyon), are endowed with special holiness and, in turn, can aff ect the divine world of Adam Kadmon. The Torah itself, the Jewish scripture given in revelation, is understood as a living divine organism, a “divine structure” that has an anthropomorphic form. Special attention is paid in the article to the interpretation of Adam Kadmon in the late Kabbalistic school of Yitzhak Luria (1534–1572), whose cosmogony was rather elaborate and came to be most infl uential in the Kabbalah of the following centuries and in the doctrine of Hasidism. The article also analyses the conception of the Primordial Man in the philosophical system of Abraham ha-Cohen Herrera (1570–1635), who proposed a specifi c synthesis of Jewish Kabbalah and European philosophical ideas, which made it possible for non-Jewish thinkers to become familiar with the conception in question.
topic предвечный человек
адам кадмон
иудаизм
мистицизм
неоплатонизм
ислам
филон
библия
абсолют
эманация
зоѓар
сфирот
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