Origins of the Kabbalah

Author/Contributor(s):	Scholem, Gershom Gerhard ; Biale, David ; Werblowsky, R J Zwi ; Arkush, Allan
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	02/26/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.