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Kabbalah : secrecy, scandal and the soul / Harry Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Harry, 1950 July-, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabala.
- Mysticism--Judaism.
- Mysticism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of the mystical Jewish system known as Kabbalah, from its earliest origins until the present day.
- Contents:
- The Origins of Kabbalah p. 11
- Out of the East p. 33
- The Beginning of Kabbalah p. 45
- Radiance p. 67
- Christian Cabala p. 89
- The City of Mystics p. 105
- Cabala and the Occult Sciences p. 123
- Golem p. 137
- Good, Evil and the Life of the Soul p. 147
- Critics and Crisis p. 157
- Decline and Revival p. 175
- Hasidism p. 185
- The Occult Revival p. 201
- Towards Modernity p. 211
- The New Age p. 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-268) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781472950987
- 1472950984
- OCLC:
- 1042352410
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