Kabbalah and Modernity - Interpretations, Transformations, Adaptations

This volume brings together leading representatives of the recent debate about the persistence of kabbalah in the modern world. It breaks new ground for a better understanding of the role of kabbalah in modern religious, intellectual, and political discourse.

About the author

Boaz Huss is professor of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has published widely on the Zohar and its reception, the genealogies of Jewish mysticism and kabbalah studies, and on modern and postmodern kabbalah formations.

Marco Pasi is assistant professor of history of Hermetic philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include the history of magic, the history of occultism, and the relationship between art and esotericism.

Kocku von Stuckrad is professor of religious studies at the University of Groningen. In his work he focuses particularly on esoteric discourses in Western culture, astrology, shamanism, and on topics related to religion, nature, and science.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2010
• EAN: 9789004182844
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18284-4
• No. of pages: 444
• Weight: 789 g
• Series: Aries Book
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works