ISBN:
9780300123944
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 218 S.
Year of publication:
2009
Uniform Title:
Yeḥide ha-segulot yiheyu la-ʿadarim : ʿiyunim be-kabalat ha-meʾah ha-ʿeśrim
DDC:
296.1/6
Keywords:
Cabala History 20th century
;
Kabbala
Abstract:
Introduction: the study of twentieth-century kabbalah: dilemmas and possibilities -- Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century: major trends -- The drive to disseminate kabbalah -- The concept of power in national mysticism -- Psychological notions of power -- Sacred space and sacred persons -- Circumvention and violation of halakha -- The upsurge of mysticism as a Jewish and global phenomenon
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: the study of twentieth-century kabbalah: dilemmas and possibilities -- Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century: major trends -- The drive to disseminate kabbalah -- The concept of power in national mysticism -- Psychological notions of power -- Sacred space and sacred persons -- Circumvention and violation of halakha -- The upsurge of mysticism as a Jewish and global phenomenon.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25591
