Gershom Scholem - Master of the Kabbalah

A new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement

About the author

David Biale is Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor of Jewish History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History, the co-author of Hasidism: A New History, and a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Summary

A new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement

Product details

• Authors: David Biale, Biale David
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780300215908
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21590-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Jewish Lives; Jewish Lives; Jewish Lives (Yale)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biografien: allgemein, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Ethnic Studies, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: general, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Relating to Jewish people and groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional