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.
#1986478 in Books Atheneum 1990-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 6.60 x 1.50l; #File Name: 0689120559421 pages
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