Origins of the Kabbalah

Zusatztext "This book has been a classic in its field since it was first issued in 1950! and it still stands as uniquely authoritative and intriguingly instructive. . . . [It is] a monument of revelation and insight bridging anthropology! religion! sociology! and history." Informationen zum Autor Allan Arkush & Gershom G. Scholem Klappentext 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! as well as to students of the history of religion. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Jewish Publication Society, Gershom Scholem, Gershom Gerhard Scholem
• Assisted by: R. J. Zwi Werblowsky (Editor), Allan Arkush (Translation), Arkush Allan (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.1991
• EAN: 9780691020471
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02047-1
• No. of pages: 504
• Series: Princeton Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism, Sacred texts, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings