Publication
Imprint: New York, Schocken Books, 1972, c1961. Context: Based on the Hilda Strook Lectures delivered by Professor Scholem at the Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. Edition: First Schocken paperback edition, reprinted from the third revised edition. Series: Schocken paperbacks on Jewish life and thought, SB5. Responsibility: Gershom G. Scholem. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xv, 460 pages ; 21 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.
Call number
History / Schol
ISBN
0805200053 / 9780805200058
Original publication date
1941
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CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Abraham Abulafia .
Isaac Luria .
Sabbatai Zevi .
Description: A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today. -- from publisher website.
Table of Contents: General characteristics of Jewish mysticism --
Merkabah mysticism and 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.
FY1992 / FY2015 /
Isaac Luria .
Sabbatai Zevi .
Description: A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today. -- from publisher website.
Table of Contents: General characteristics of Jewish mysticism --
Merkabah mysticism and 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.
FY1992 / FY2015 /
Other editions
Major trends in Jewish mysticism by Gershom Gerhard Scholem (Paperback)
Physical description
xv, 460 p.; 21 cm
Media reviews
Najbolji poznavalac Kabale i ukupne jevrejske mistične tradicije, Geršom Šolem je napisao ovu kapitalnu studiju koja je bez premca u ovoj oblasti. Šolem je bio po svemu izuzetna ličnost, pisac filosofskog obrazovanja, intiman prijatelj Valtera Benjamina, Hane Arent, Franca Kafke, profesor na
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Hebrejskom universitetu u Jerusalimu za predmet Jevrejski misticizam i Kabala. Nemoguće je nabrojati sve teme koje Geršom Šolem pokreće svojom izuzetnom knjigom Glavni tokovi jevrejskog misticizma. Činjenica koju niko ne osporava jeste da je uvid u jevrejski misticizam koji je dao ovim svojim delom označio pravi preokret u gledanju na ovu vrstu mistike i njeno tumačenje. Može se slobodno reći da je Geršom Šolem inspirisao mnoge poznate pisce, umetnike i naučnike da u ovoj vrsti tradicije potraže izvore za svoj književni rad, filosofske i naučne studije. Glavni tokovi jevrejskog misticizma je, van sumnje, knjiga neophodna svakoj ozbiljnoj kulturi koja pretenduje da prati glavne tokove evropske misli. Show Less
Description
A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today.
Language
Original language
English