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Bibliography on the Jewish Soul Bibliography on The Jewish Soul Sources: Aristotle. “De Anima: On the Soul” in Richard McKeon (ed.) Introduction to Aristotle. New York: Modern Library, 1947, pp. 145-235. Berenson-Perkins, Janet. Kabbalah Decoder, Revealing the Messages of the Ancient Mystics. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2000. Lamm, Norman. “The Soul” in Norman Lamm. The Religious Thought of Hasidism, Text and Commentary. New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1999, pp. 55-66. Maimonides. “Eight Chapters” in Raymond L. Weiss (ed.) Ethical Writings of Maimonides. New York: Dover, 1975, pp. 59-104 ____. Treatise on Resurrection. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Fred Rosner. Northvale, NJ: Aronson, 1997. ____. The Guide of the Perplexed. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Shlomo Pines. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Plato. The Republic of Plato. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Francis MacDonald Cornford. New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. Plotinus. The Enneads. Translated by Stephen MacKenna. London: Penguin Books, 1991. Saadia Gaon. The Book of Beliefs and Opinions. Translated by Samuel Rosenblatt. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1948. (Especially Treatises 5-7). Schachter-Shalomi, R. Zalman M. Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, pp. 117-147. Schneerson, R. Menachem M. The Unbreakable Soul. Translated by Ari Sollish. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society, 2001. ____. Garments of the Soul. Translated by Yosef Marcus. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society, 2001. Steinsaltz, Adin. The Long Shorter Way: Discourses on Chassidic Thought. Northvale, NJ: Aronson, 1988. Tishby, Isaiah. The Wisdom of the Zohar, An Anthology of Texts. New York: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1989, especially Part IV, “The Doctrine of Man,” pp. 677-863. Wolf, R. Laibl. Practical Kabbalah, A Guide to Jewish Wisdom for Everyday Life. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999. Zalman, R. Schneur. Journey of the Soul. Translated by Ari Sollish. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society, 2003. ____. Likutei Amarim: Tanya. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society, 1999, chapters 1-4. L606, Bibliography of Jewish Soul.doc Page 1 9/23/2013 Secondary Works: Bookstaber, Philip David. The Idea of Development of the Soul in Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Philadelphia: Maurice Jacobs, 1950. Cohen, Arthur A. “Resurrection of the Dead” in Arthur A. Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr (eds.) Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, Original Essays on Critical Concepts, Movements, and Beliefs. New York: The Free Press, 1987, pp. 807-813. Elior, Rachel. “Soul” in Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, Arthur A. Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr (eds.) New York: The Free Press, 1987. Fine, Lawrence. Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. Frank, Daniel H. and Oliver Leaman (eds.) History of Jewish Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 1997. Gillman, Neil. The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997. Green, Arthur. A Guide to the Zohar. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004. Guttman, Julius. Philosophies of Judaism. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964. Halamish, Moshe. An Introduction to the Kabbalah. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1999, pp. 247-281. Leavitt, Michael R. Devequt, or Communion With God, in Rabbinic Thought, Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Unpublished MA Thesis. Baltimore: Baltimore Hebrew University, 2003. Raphael, Simcha Paull. Jewish Views of the Afterlife. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2009. Ribner, Melinda. “Reincarnation” in Melinda Ribner. New Age Judaism, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World. Deerfield Beach, FL: Simcha Press, 2000, pp. 135-163. Russell, Bertrand. A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1945. Scholem, Gershom. “Man and his Soul (Psychology and Anthropology of the Kabbalah)” in Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah. Jerusalem: Keter, 1974, pp. 152-164. ____. “Gilgul” in Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah. Jerusalem: Keter, 1974, pp. 344-350. Seltzer, Robert M. Jewish People, Jewish Thought: The Jewish Experience in History. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1980. Shokek, Shimon. Kabbalah and the Art of Being. London: Routledge, 2001. Sonsino, Rifat and Daniel B. Syme. What Happens After I Die? Jewish Views of Life After Death. New York: UAHC Press, 1990. Winkler, Gershon. The Soul of the Matter: A Jewish-Kabbalistic Perspective on the Human Soul Before, During and After “Life.” New York: Judaica Press, 1992. L606, Bibliography of Jewish Soul.doc Page 2 9/23/2013 .
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