Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, correspondence 1945-1982 / edited with an introduction by Guy G. Stroumsa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982.

Contributor:

Smith, Morton, 1915-1991.

Stroumsa, Guy G.

Series:

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 9.

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, 1570-078X ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897-1982. Correspondence.

Scholem, Gershom Gerhard.

Smith, Morton, 1915-1991--Correspondence.

Smith, Morton.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American historian of ancient religions, Morton Smith (1915-1991), studied with the great scholar of Jewish mysticism, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), when he was in Jerusalem during the Second World War. After the war, the two started a long, fascinating and at times intense correspondence that ended only with Scholem's death. These letters, found in the Scholem archive in the National Library in Jerusalem, provide a rare perspective on the world and the approach of two leading historians of religion in the twentieth century. They also shed important new light upon Smith's discovery of a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria referring to a secret Gospel of Mark.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / G.G. Stroumsa

Letters 1–122 / G.G. Stroumsa

Appendix A / G.G. Stroumsa

Publications And Work In Progress / G.G. Stroumsa

Appendix B / G.G. Stroumsa

Appendix C / G.G. Stroumsa

Index / G.G. Stroumsa.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06112-0

9786613061126

90-474-3376-9

OCLC:

711004461

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004168398.i-208 DOI