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Origins of the Kabbalah
Gershom Gerhard Scholem
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Description for Origins of the Kabbalah
Paperback. The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. This book examines its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain. It is of interest to historians and psychologists, and students of the history of religion. Translator(s): Arkush, Allan. Num Pages: 504 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
One of the most important scholars of our century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) opened up a once esoteric world of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, to concerned students of religion. The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God: its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain are probed in Origins of the Kabbalah, a work crucial in Scholem's oeuvre. The book is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general and will be of interest to historians and psychologists, ... Read more
One of the most important scholars of our century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) opened up a once esoteric world of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, to concerned students of religion. The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God: its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain are probed in Origins of the Kabbalah, a work crucial in Scholem's oeuvre. The book is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general and will be of interest to historians and psychologists, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691020471
SKU
V9780691020471
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Reviews for Origins of the Kabbalah
"[Scholem] labors the wealth, even the scandal, of the past in order to multiply options of survival. No great textual scholar, no master of philology and historical criticism commands a technique at once more scrupulously attentive to its object and more instinct with the writer's voice. That voice reaches out and grabs the layman."
George Steiner, The New Yorker "[Scholem's] work ... Read more
George Steiner, The New Yorker "[Scholem's] work ... Read more