Author

Publication

2011 - Princeton University Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781400840007
  • ISBN-101400840007
  • Better World Books9781400840007
  • Open LibraryOL29081395M

Description

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 of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. Scholars have long studied the revolutionary impact of Kabbalah, but, as Yaacob Dweck argues, they have misunderstood the character and timing of opposition to it. Drawing on a rang.

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Other Editions

  • Scandal of KabbalahPrinceton University Press2011

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