Title:
The scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish mysticism, early modern Venice
Author:
Dweck, Yaacob.
ISBN:
9781400840007
Publication Information:
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world
Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
Abstract:
The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. Scholars have long studied the revolutionary impact of Kabbalah, but, as Yaacob Dweck argues, they have misunderstood the character and timing of opposition to it. Drawing on a range o.
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