| The Father of Jewish Mysticism: The Writing of Gershom Scholem Contributor(s): Weidner, Daniel (Author), Anderson, Sage (Translator) |
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ISBN: 025306208X ISBN-13: 9780253062086 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - History | Jewish - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2021059720 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early life and writings of Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the father of modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th-century Jewish intellectual thinker. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study, published in English, of Scholem thought. Scholem, a historian of Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism. Through his work on Kabbalah, Scholem turned the closed world of mystical texts into a force for Jewish identity. Skillfully drawing on Scholem's early diaries and writings, The Father of Jewish Mysticism introduces a young, soon-to-be legendary intellectual in search of himself and Judaism. |