Kabbalah: a very short introduction

An account of Kabbalah and its impact outside of Judaism offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah

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Main Author: Dan, Yosef 1935-2022 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2007
Series:Very short introductions; 162 162
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Summary:An account of Kabbalah and its impact outside of Judaism offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-117) and index
Kabbalah : the term and its meanings -- Ancient Jewish mysticism and the emergence of Kabbalah -- The Kabbalah in the Middle Ages -- Main ideas of the medieval Kabbalah -- Modern times I : the Christian Kabbalah -- Modern times II : Safed and the Lurianic Kabbalah -- Modern times III : the Sabbatian Messianic movement -- Modern and contemporary Hasidism -- Some aspects of contemporary Kabbalah
Physical Description:xii, 130 p. ill. 18 cm
ISBN:9780195327052

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