Origins of the Kabbalah

Zusatztext "[Scholem's] work on Jewish mysticism! messianism! and sectarianism! spanning now half a century! constitutes ? one of the major achievements of the historical imagination in our time. I would contend that it is of vital interest not only to anyone concerned with the history of religion but to anyone struggling to understand the underlying problematics of the human predicament." -Robert Alter! Commentary Informationen zum Autor Gershom ScholemWith a new foreword by David Biale. Edited by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky. Translated by Allan Arkush. Klappentext With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in twelfth- and thirteenth-century southern France and Spain, showing its rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. The Origins of the Kabbalah is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism, but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general. Now with a new foreword by David Biale, this book remains essential reading for students of the history of religion. Zusammenfassung With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in twelfth- and thirteenth-century southern France and Spain, showing its rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. The Origins of the Kabbalah is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism, but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general. Now with a new foreword by David Biale, this book remains essential reading for students of the history of religion....

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• Authors: Allan Arkush, David Biale, Gershom Scholem, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, R. Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
• Assisted by: R J Zwi Werblowsky (Editor), R. J. Z. Werblowsky (Editor), R. J. Zwi Werblowsky (Editor), Werblowsky R. J. Zwi (Editor), David Biale (Foreword), Biale David (Foreword), Allan Arkush (Translation), Arkush Allan (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2019
• EAN: 9780691182988
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18298-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Princeton Classics; Princeton Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, mysticism, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: mysticism