Gershom Scholem : Kabbalah and counter-history

by David Biale

Paperback, 1982

Publication

Imprint: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1982. Context: Originally published in 1979. Edition: Second edition. Language: Includes a letter in German. Responsibility: David Biale. OCLC Number: 8475891. Physical: Text : 1 volume : vi, 205 pages : portrait ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.

Call number

History / Biale

Barcode

BK-03311

ISBN

0674363329 / 9780674363328

Original publication date

1979

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: Through a lifetime of passionate scholarship, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) uncovered the "domains of tradition hidden under the debris of centuries" and made the history of Jewish mysticism and messianism comprehensible and relevant to current Jewish thought. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: Introduction
From Berlin to Jerusalem
Mysticism
Myth
Messianism
The Politics of Historiography
Theology, Language, and History
Epilogue: Between Mysticism and Modernity
A Birthday Letter from Gershom Scholem to Zalman Schocken (in German)
Selected Bibliography Notes Index

Location: COLLECTION: Religious Studies -- AREA: Religious Studies -- SECTION: History / Filing name: History / Scholem / Biale

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Physical description

vi, 205 p.; 24 cm

Awards

National Jewish Book Award (Winner — 1980)

Description

Through a lifetime of passionate scholarship, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) uncovered the "domains of tradition hidden under the debris of centuries" and made the history of Jewish mysticism and messianism comprehensible and relevant to current Jewish thought. In this paperback edition of his definitive book on Scholem's work, David Biale has shortened and rearranged his study for the benefit of the general reader and the student. A new introduction and new passages in the main text highlight the pluralistic character of Jewish theology as seen by Scholem, the place of the Kabbalah in debates over Zionism versus assimilation, and the interpretation of Kafka as a Jewish writer.