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The Father of Jewish Mysticism : The Writing of Gershom Scholem /

"The Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early life and writings of Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the father of modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th-century Jewish intellectual thinker. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study, published in English, of Scholem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weidner, Daniel (Autor)
Otros Autores: Anderson, Sage (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early life and writings of Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the father of modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th-century Jewish intellectual thinker. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study, published in English, of Scholem thought. Scholem, a historian of Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism. Through his work on Kabbalah, Scholem turned the closed world of mystical texts into a force for Jewish identity. Skillfully drawing on Scholem's early diaries and writings, The Father of Jewish Mysticism introduces a young, soon-to-be legendary intellectual in search of himself and Judaism"--
Notas:"Originally published in German as Gershom Scholem by Wilhelm Fink Verlag."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (250 pages).
ISBN:9780253062093