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The scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish mysticism, early modern Venice /

The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dweck, Yaacob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hebrew manuscripts in an age of print
  • 2. Early modern criticism of the Zohar
  • 3. Guiding the perplexed
  • 4. Safed in Venice
  • 5. A Jewish response to Christian Kabbalah
  • 6. The afterlife of Ari Nohem
  • 7. Kabbalah and scholarship in the nineteenth century
  • Epilogue.