Rectifying the Shattered Vessels : Lurianic Kabbalah in David Shahar ’ s ‘ Summer in the Street of the Prophets ’ Dvir Tzur The article discusses David Shahar ’ s novel ‘ Summer in the Street of the Prophets ’ and its use of Lurianic Kabbalah representations as tools for border crossings . Shahar , who was profoundly influenced by Gershom Scholem , turns mysticism , which Scholem saw as a border crossing between man and the transcendental , into a poetic theme . He focuses on the Street of the Prophets , a clearly defined geographical seam line in Jerusalem , in 1936 – a year of radical change . This is the liminal zone where ’Shahar s gallery of characters lives and their identity constantly changes . Shahar ’ s literary Street of the Prophets resembles the historical street , but it is reconstructed through the narrator ’ s memory . This creates a situation where the border between the real and the imagined is crossed again , a situation that enables Shahar to present an ideal world ...
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