APPENDIX Z11: Birnbaumian Panentheism
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APPENDIX Z11:
Birnbaumian Panentheism
Quest for Potential
∞
is at the core of the Innite Divine.
The Innite Divine is synonymous with the
unfolding
unfolding
cosmic order.
Panentheism in Judaism*
“While mainstream Rabbinic Judaism is classically
monotheistic
monotheistic
and follows in the footsteps of the Aristotelian
theologian Maimonides,
theologian Maimonides,
the panentheistic conception of God can be found in
certain Jewish
certain Jewish
mystical currents. A leading scholar of the
Kabbalah, Moshe Idel
Kabbalah, Moshe Idel
(“Hasidism: Between Ecstacy and Magic,” SUNY, 1995, pp. 17–18),
ascribes this doctrine to the kabbalistic system of
Rabbi Moses
Rabbi Moses
Cordovero (1522–1570) and
in the eighteenth century, Rabbi Israel
in the eighteenth century, Rabbi Israel
ben Eliezer, the Baal
Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement,
Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement,
as well as his contemporary, Rabbi Menahem Mendel, the Maggid of
Bar. There is some debate
as to whether Lurianic Kabbalah, with its
as to whether Lurianic Kabbalah, with its
doctrine of tzimtzum, can
be regarded as panentheistic. According to
be regarded as panentheistic. According to
Hasidism, the Innite Ein Sof is incorporeal (has no body) and is both
transcendent and immanent….”
*Wikipedia online, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism#Panentheism_in_Judaism
(accessed September 20, 2011)
