Studies in the Zohar

This book deals with the "Book of Splendor" (Sefer ha-Zohar), the greatest achievement of Kabbalah and one of the most influential sources of Western mysticism. This book offers a new interpretation of the Zohar, analyzing both its theoretical content and its historical context; it also brings the theory and the history together by indicating the personal and autobiographical elements in the Zohar's teachings. The author delves into the issues of the messianic elements of the Zohar, the way it was written, and its relationship to Christianity, Gnosticism, and Talmudic literature.

About the author

Yehuda Liebes teaches Jewish Mysticism in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Studies in Jewish Myth and Jewish Messianism, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Yehuda Liebes
• Assisted by: Stephanie Nakache (Translation), Penina Peli (Translation), Arnold Schwartz (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.1993
• EAN: 9780791411902
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1190-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 249 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 980 g
• Series: Suny Series in Judaica; Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, My
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous