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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."; Library Journal ""An excellent work, clear and solidly documented by Joseph Dan on Gershom Scholem and on his work." Notes Bibliographiques ""An excellent guide to Scholem's work." Christian Century.
Subject Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982.
Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982.
Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvRWb8Gd8mGhF9YWYYHG3
Mysticism -- Judaism -- Historiography.
Mysticism -- Judaism -- Bibliography.
Mysticism -- Judaism -- Bibliography.
Mysticisme -- Judaļsme -- Bibliographie.
Mysticisme -- Judaļsme -- Historiographie.
Mysticisme -- Judaļsme -- Bibliographie.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Mysticism -- Judaism
Mysticism -- Judaism -- Historiography
Genre/Form Bibliographies
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.)
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0814718124
0814717799
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