Gershom Scholem

On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism

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Produktbeschreibung

the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism, Gershom Scholem guides the reader through the central themes in the intricate history of the Kabbalah, clarifying the relations between mysticism and established religious authority, the mystics' interpretation of the Torah and their attempts to discover the hidden meaning underlying Scripture, the tension between the philosophical and the mystical concepts of God, and the symbolism employed in mystical religion.

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Produktdetails

• Mysticism and Kabbalah
• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 134mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9780805210514
• ISBN-10: 0805210512
• Artikelnr.: 22303642

Autorenporträt

GERSHOM SCHOLEM was a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem until his death in 1982. Among his most important works are Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, and On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
vii Introduction
1 1. Religious Authority and Mysticism
5 2. The Meaning of the Torah in Jewish Mysticism
32 3. Kabbalah and Myth
87 4. Tradition and New Creation in the Ritual of the Kabbalists
118 5. The Idea of the Golem
158 Index
205