While kabbalah by gershom scholem it is not an easy read, it rewards those who venture forth. Gershom scholem 18971982, the father of kabbala scholarship, followed suit and made the zohar the focus of his endeavors, both because of its critical. He was the first professor of jewish mysticism at hebrew university of jerusalem. Traduzione e commento di michael laitman pdf da sefer yetzirah uno studio sui confini tra lingua sacra e arbitrarieta danilo semprini pdf dsemprini.
Gerhard gershom scholem 18971982 was the preeminent modern scholar of jewish mysticism. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of kabbalah. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. This is not surprising, for these documents contain hardly any historical accounts that could clarify by means of direct testimony either the milieu into which the kabbalah was born or its origin.
Gershom scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the kabbalah. In undertaking his study of the kabbalah, scholem conducted a herculean analysis of countless texts long viewed by. Gershom scholem on franz rosenzweig and the kabbalah. December 5, 1897 february 21, 1982, was a germanborn israeli philosopher and historian. Shaul magid, mysticism, history, and a new kabbalah. Of scholem martin buber once remarked, all of us have students, schools, but only gershom scholem has created a whole academic discipline. His close friends included walter benjamin and leo strauss, and selected letters.
Gershom scholem stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data scholem, gershom gerhard, 18971982 major trends in jewish mysticism by gershom scholem. Gershom scholem has 95 books on goodreads with 14 ratings. George prochnik on exploring his jewish identity and finding guidance in the religious anarchy of gershom scholems kabbalah philosophy. When he began to work on this neglected field, the few who studied these texts were either amateurs who were looking for occult wisdom, or oldstyle kabbalists who were seeking guidance on their spiritual journeys. See all books authored by gershom scholem, including sefer hazohar, and kabbalah, and more on. J erusalem the hebrew university gershom scholem origins of the kabbalah this page intentionally left blank chapter one.
1419 550 1448 105 1061 579 654 326 1156 40 632 1389 327 1020 1139 333 854 668 598 926 1083 92 577 762 118 734 1399 1078 1070 25 519 151 1517 732 259 1334 252 301 1074 724 1347 494 1039 52 1478