Divine contractions: Theism gives birth to idealism

Tyron Goldschmidt; Samuel Lebens

doi:10.1017/s0034412518000665

Divine contractions: Theism gives birth to idealism

Tyron Goldschmidt, Samuel Lebens

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Abstract

The first part of the article presents three little arguments from theism to idealism. The second part employs these arguments to make sense of a puzzling doctrine of Jewish mysticism: the doctrine of divine contraction (Heb. tzimtzum).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	509-524
Number of pages	16
Journal	Religious Studies
Volume	56
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412518000665
State	Published - 1 Dec 2020

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