A History of Kabbalah

From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23481767
AutoresJonathan Garb (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2020-07-23
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoHistory of Kabbalah (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781316597071
OpenAlexW3174943569
Open LibraryOL34756824M
ISBN9781316597071
IdiomaID
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas237

Jonathan Garb's A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day is a lucid and sophisticated account of the multifaceted nature of Jewish mysticism, focusing on its development from the spiritual revolution that took place in Safed in the sixteenth century until the present. Opening the secrets of the kabbalah to a wider audience, Garb judiciously argued that how important the mystical and esoteric tradition has been in Jewish history and in the cultural and intellectual life of Europe more generally. One of the more methodologically innovative aspects of Garb's book is his contention that kabbalah became a major factor in the religious life of Jews in the modern age due to print and others forms of rapid communication, a process that has magnified significantly in recent years due to the digital revolution. Informative and provocative, A History of Kabbalah will surely be of interest to a wide readership.

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Jewish history · Jewish mysticism · Jewish studies · Judaism · Kabbalah · Literature · Modern history · Mysticism · Period (music) · Theology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy