{"product_id":"the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-four-9780804757126","title":"The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Four","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSefer ha-Zohar\u003c\/i\u003e (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century. Written in a unique, lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of literature, comprising over twenty discrete sections. The bulk of the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e consists of a running commentary on the Torah, from Genesis through Deuteronomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fourth volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition\u003c\/i\u003e covers the first half of Exodus. Here we find mystical explorations of Pharaoh's enslavement of the Israelites, the birth of Moses, the deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai. Throughout, the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e probes the biblical text and seeks deeper meaning--for example, the nature of evil and its relation to the divine realm, the romance of Moses and \u003ci\u003eShekhinah\u003c\/i\u003e, and the inner meaning of the Ten Commandments. In the context of the miraculous splitting of the Red Sea, Rabbi Shim'on reveals the mysterious Name of 72, a complex divine name consisting of 216 letters (72 triads), formed out of three verses in Exodus 14.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese mystical interpretations are interwoven with tales of the Companions--rabbis wandering through the hills of Galilee, sharing their insights, coming upon wisdom in the most astonishing ways from a colorful cast of characters they meet on the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel C. Matt is a leading authority on Jewish mysticism. For over twenty years, he served as Professor of Jewish Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also taught at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Kabbalah; Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment; Zohar: Annotated and Explained;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony between Science and Spirituality. \u003c\/i\u003e Matt is also the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume One, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the National Jewish Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Two, \u003c\/i\u003e winner, along with Volume One, of the Koret Jewish Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Three\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503870480658,"sku":"9780804757126","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54ed5580-a2ae-49fe-a6eb-2e043741e082.jpg?v=1730801468","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-zohar-pritzker-edition-volume-four-9780804757126","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}