The Father of Jewish Mysticism (eBook)

The Writing of Gershom Scholem

Daniel Weidner (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
250 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-06210-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study, published in English, of Scholem's thought. Scholem, a historian ofthe Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism.Through his work on the 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Übersetzer: Sage Anderson
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Biography • Gershom Scholem • Jewish Mysticism • Jewish Studies • Kabbalah • Modern Judaism • Mysticism
• ISBN-10: 0-253-06210-1 / 0253062101
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-06210-9 / 9780253062109