Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
New York : Schoken Books ; Distributed by Pantheon Books, [1997], c1991.
Description
"Scholem's treatment is complex and stylistically brilliant as he systemically analyzes the history and intellectual background of these critical ideas. Highly recommended."--Library Journal.
User reviews
LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
Scholem is the most competent and scholarly scholar of the kabbalah, and this book throws out some thought-inducing and important stuff.
LibraryThing member jeffd1830
I enjoy studying Kabbalah and Judaism, but I found this book hard to relate to. My own personal theological beliefs are quite different from the mainstream of either Judaism or Christianity, and so it is understandable to me that I would find certain ideas that wouldn't resonate with my
That being said, it is probably a fine book for someone with a traditional theology.
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understanding. Usually, however, I am able to find some applicable ideas within someone else's theological view, that I can, with minor alterations, integrate into my own understanding. For whatever reason, this book just didn't click with me.That being said, it is probably a fine book for someone with a traditional theology.
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Language
Original language
German
Physical description
328 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
9780805210811
Local notes
discussion of the Zohar
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