Major trends in jewish mysticism kindle edition by. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Pubschockenpathbreaking study dividing rabbinic ascent mysticism into merkavah divine chariot and hekhalot celestial palaces traditions, positing an especially strong flowering after the jewish expulsion from spain to the rise of eastern european hasidim. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of kabbalah. Pdf major trends in jewish mysticism download full pdf.
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Major trends in jewish mysticism by gershom gerhard scholem, 9780805210422, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Publication date 1995 topics mysticism judaism, cabala history. In this book scholem describes seven major streams of jewish mysticism, among them the zohar. He had made the trip to america from his adopted city of jerusalem to deliver a series of lectures, the stroock lectures, on jewish mysticism at the jewish institute of religion. Gershom scholem, professor of jewish mysticism, is dead the. Early forms of jewish mysticism rachel elior i introduction the mysticalpoetical hebrew works of the first five centuries of the common era, known collectively as heikhalot heavenly sanctuaries and. Scholem had come to the united states for the first time earlier that year to spend a semester in new york.
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