Origins of the Kabbalah

Author : Gershom Gerhard Scholem

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 26 February 2019

ISBN : 9780691182988

Price : €29.25

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Origins of the Kabbalah

by Gershom Gerhard Scholem

Paperback

26 Feb 2019

RELIGION
>> Judaism

€29.25

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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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