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