Major trends in Jewish mysticism /Gershom Scholem ; foreword by Robert Alter.

Name/Title

Major trends in Jewish mysticism /Gershom Scholem ; foreword by Robert Alter.

Description

General characteristics of Jewish mysticism -- Merkabah mysticism or Jewish gnosticism -- Hasidism in mediaeval Germany -- Abraham Abulafia and the doctrine of prophetic kabbalism -- The Zohar I: the book and its author -- The Zohar II: the theosophic doctrine of the Zohar -- Isaac Luria and his school -- Sabbatianism and mystical heresy -- Hasidism: the latest phase. xxxi, 460 pages :illustrations ;21 cm

Book Details

Author

Scholem, Gershom

Place Published

City

New York

Publication Subjects

Mysticism--Judaism. Cabala--History. Cabala.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00843481 Mysticism--Judaism.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01031646

Call No.

BM723 .S35 1995

ISBN

0805210423, 9780805210422

LCCN

95002182

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-444) and index. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [1995] Publication Info: {copy}1995