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Author

Dan, Joseph, 1935-2022, author.

Title Gershom Scholem and the mystical dimension of Jewish history / Joseph Dan.

Publication Info.

New York : New York University Press, 1987.

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Description	1 online resource (v, 334 pages)
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Series	Modern Jewish masters series ; 2
	Modern Jewish masters series ; 2.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	1. The man and the scholar -- 2. The early beginnings of Jewish mysticism -- 3. From the ancient east to the European Middle Ages -- 4. The Ashkenazi Hasidic movement -- 5. The enigmatic book Bahir -- 6. The early Kabbalah -- 7. From Gerona to the Zohar -- 8. The Zohar -- 9. From the Zohar to Safed -- 10. The Safed school of the Kabbalah -- 11. The Sabbatian upheaval -- 12. Hasidism and the modern period.
Summary	""An excellent overview of the history of Jewish mysticism from its early beginnings to contemporary Hasidism ... scholarly and complex."" #x97; Library Journal ""An excellent work, clear and solidly documented by Joseph Dan on Gershom Scholem and on his work."" #x97; Notes Bibliographiques ""An excellent guide to Scholem's work."" #x97; Christian Century.
Subject	Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982.
	Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982.
	Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982 (OCoLC)fst01801519
	Mysticism -- Judaism -- Historiography.
	Mysticism -- Judaism -- Bibliography.
	Mysticisme -- Judaļsme -- Bibliographie.
	Mysticisme -- Judaļsme -- Historiographie.
	RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
	Mysticism -- Judaism. (OCoLC)fst01031646
	Mysticism -- Judaism -- Historiography. (OCoLC)fst01031647
Genre/Form	Bibliographies. (OCoLC)fst01919895
Other Form:	Print version: Dan, Joseph, 1935- Gershom Scholem and the mystical dimension of Jewish history 0814717799 (DLC) 86021760 (OCoLC)14187840
ISBN	9780814744147 (electronic bk.)
	0814744141 (electronic bk.)
	9780814718124
	0814718124
	0814717799
	9780814717790
Standard No.	AU@ 000056082301
	AU@ 000067471264
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