Scholem, Gershom Gerhard
[VerfasserIn]
;
Arkush, Allan
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Biale, David
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi
[HerausgeberIn]
Anmerkungen:
In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Sources -- Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface to the First (German) Edition -- Foreword -- CHAPTER ONE. THE PROBLEM -- CHAPTER TWO. THE BOOK BAHIR -- CHAPTER THREE. THE FIRST KABBALISTS IN PROVENCE -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE KABBALISTIC CENTER IN GERONA -- Index
With the publication of The Origins of 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