Author: SCHOLEM, GERSHOM.
Title: Origins of the Kaballah.
Description: New York: Princeton University Press, 1990. 0691020477. Edited by R.J.Werblowsky. Translated from the German by Allan Arkush. "The Kaballah is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God: its twelfth and thirteenth century beginnings in southern France and Spain are probed in 'Origins of the Kaballah', a work crucial in Scholem's oeuvre. The book is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general, and will be of interest to historians and psychologists, as well as to students of the history of religion." Pp.xvi/487. Paperback. VGG.

Keywords: Scholem Origins Kaballah Catharist Movement Jews Languedoc Esoteric Creation Judaism Bahir Gnostic Sefiroth Shekhinah Mysticism Prayer Provence Gerona Isaac 48750 Judaica


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