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Origins of the Kabbalah

Door Gershom Scholem

Categorie
Algemeen Astrologie & Spiritualiteit
Boeknummer
#341437-XG21
Titel
Origins of the Kabbalah
Auteur
Scholem, Gershom
Boektype
Paperback
Druk
3e druk
Uitgeverij
Princeton University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1990
ISBN10
0691020477
ISBN13
9780691020471
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. This book examines its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain. It is of interest to historians and psychologists, and students of the history of religion.

One of the most important scholars of our century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) opened up a once esoteric world of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, to concerned students of religion. The Kabbalah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God: its twelfth-and thirteenth-century beginnings in southern France and Spain are probed in Origins of the Kabbalah, a work crucial in Scholem's oeuvre. The book is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mys
... (Lees verder)ticism but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general and will be of interest to historians and psychologists, as well as to students of the history of religion.
Pagina's
486
Conditie
Redelijk — Some markings with ballpoint pen in margin. Fair-good copy.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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