Kabbalah and creativity: from ancient mystical texts to contemporary artistic practice

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Kabbalah and creativity: from ancient mystical texts to contemporary artistic practice

This thesis explores the role(s) and meaning(s) of material images, the visual arts, and artistic creators in Jewish Kabbalah. My main contention is that human artistic creativity can be both theurgic and messianic – that is, capable of contributing towards tikkun olam. In Part 1, I examine what t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Rosslyn
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Jewish Kabbalah cabala artistic creativity
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/81136/

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