Download or read book The Serpent Kills or the Serpent Gives Life written by Robert J. Sagerman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing a careful contextual study of the writings of the influential Jewish mystic Abraham Abulafia (1240 – c. 1291), this book demonstrates that an inner dynamic of attraction and revulsion toward Christianity shaped Abulafia’s mystical hermeneutic and meditative practice.