Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah : new insights and scholarship / edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946-

Series:

Jewish studies in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala--History.

Cabala.

History.

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Judaism--History.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction: reading mysteries: the origins of scholarship on Jewish mysticism / Hartley Lachter

Ancient Jewish mysticism / Michael D. Swartz

The Zohar: masterpiece of Jewish mysticism / Eitan P. Fishbane

Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the prophetic Kabbalah / Elliot R. Wolfson

New approaches to the study of kabbalistic life in 16th-century in Safed / Lawrence Fine

Mystical messianism: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / Matt Goldish

Hasidism: mystical and nonmystical approaches to interpreting Scripture / Shaul Magid

Christian Kabbalah / Allison P. Coudert

Kabbalah at the turn of the 21st century / Jody Myers

Gender in Jewish mysticism / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson

Epilogue: Kabbalah and contemporary Judaism / Pinchas Giller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814732861

0814732860

9780814732885

0814732887

9780814733196

0814733190

OCLC:

724667269