The Messianic Idea in Judaism: And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality
Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabbalah. When he began to work on this neglected field, the few who studied these texts were either amateurs who were looking for occult wisdom, or old-style Kabbalists who were seeking guidance on their spiritual journeys. His work broke with the outlook of the scholars of the previous century in Judaica-die Wissenschaft des Judentums, the Science of Judaism-whose orientation he rejected, calling their disregard for the most vital aspects of the Jewish people as a collective entity: a form of censorship of the Jewish past. The major founders of modern Jewish historical stud…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8052-1043-9
- EAN: 9780805210439
- Produktnummer: 19335698
- Verlag: Schocken Books Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.6 cm 431 g
- Auflage: Revised
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Gershom Scholem was a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem until his death in 1982. Among his most important works are Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism, On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead, and editor of Zohar, the Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah.
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