Boaz Huss

Mystifying Kabbalah

Academic Scholarship, National Theology, and New Age Spirituality

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Produktbeschreibung

Boaz Huss argues that Jewish mysticism is a modern construct and that the identification of Kabbalah and Hasidism as forms of mysticism has problematically shaped the way in which they are perceived and studied today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 166mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780190086961
• ISBN-10: 0190086963
• Artikelnr.: 59081686

Autorenporträt

Boaz Huss is the Aron Bernstein Professor of Jewish History in the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the vice president of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. His research interests include the history of Kabbalah, Western esotericism, New Age culture and new religious movements in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Chapter 1: The Modern Concept of Mysticism
* Chapter 2: Jewish Mysticism and National Theology
* Chapter 3: The New Age of Kabbalah Research
* Chapter 4: "Authorized Guardians": The Rejection of Occult and
Contemporary Kabbalah
* Chapter 5: The Mystification of Kabbalah: Abraham Abulafia in
Contemporary Kabbalah
* Epilogue