Scholems kabbalah is a major work, which opens with a large, encyclopediaentrylength overview essay, in which he explains the zohar, or book of. I am referring to the entries zohar and kabbala in the encyclopedia judaica and. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. The gershom scholem library, also known as the gershom scholem collection, is a reading library specializing in the fields of kabbalah, hasidism and jewish mysticism. I read the kabbalah for the 1st time in the early 90s. This is the best single book about kabbalah, its most important bsic ideas, its development, personalities and different topics. Gershom scholem was a professor of jewish mysticism at the hebrew university in jerusalem until his death in 1982. When gershom scholem, the humanist scholar of jewish mysticism, first met the philosopher hannah arendt in the 1930s he was bowled over by her intelligence and. In 1923 scholem severed his ties with germany completely and emigrated to jerusalem. Scholems kabbalah is a major work, which opens with a large, encyclopedia entrylength overview essay, in which he explains the zohar, or book of. Indeed, scholems meeting with contemporary kabbalists left no impression whatsoever on his vast corpus of. In various passages the author appears as elijah b. What gershom scholem and hannah arendt can teach us about. Kabala wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas.
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He was the first professor of jewish mysticism at hebrew university of. In undertaking his study of the kabbalah, scholem conducted a herculean analysis of countless texts long viewed. The success of scholems projectalmost singlehandedly reviving interest in mysticism as a subject for studyreclaimed an important part of the jewish religious heritage. Pdf jewish magic before the rise of kabbalah download.
Gershon scholem 1972, in his erudite flag treatise on the history of the star of david, has made a compelling case that the mystical overlay of the star of david has. Scholems kabbalah is a major work, which opens with a large, encyclopedia entrylength overview essay, in which he explains the zohar, or book of splendor, and its influence. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your. Gershom scholem 18971982 was ostensibly a scholar of jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in todays intellectual imagination, having an influential contact with an. Kabbalah gifts kabbalah is the ancient jewish tradition of interpreting the bible using mysticism.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Major trends in jewish mysticism gershom scholem download. Magid, shaul, gershom scholem, stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Scholem, the man and his work, edited by paul mendesflohr, 5672. What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts. I can still open it up, to this day, and learn something brand new. Gerhard gershom scholem 18971982 was the preeminent modern scholar of jewish mysticism. In on the kabbalah and its symbolism, gershom scholem guides the reader through the central themes in the intricate history of the kabbalah, clarifying the relations between mysticism and.
Scholem shalom, gershom gerhard 18981982, the most important scholar of jewish mysticism and a towering figure in jewish intellectual life. Professor gershom scholem 18971982 of the hebrew university arguably the greatest jewish scholar of the 20th century considered himself an archeologist. Whether disillusioned by the selfimposed blinders and myopia of contemporary science, or frustrated by the moral bankruptcy of unbridled. He was a professor of jewish mysticism and writes as an academic. A beginner will be lost in the technical explanations. On the kabbalah and its symbolism by gershom scholem. In this book scholem describes seven major streams of jewish mysticism. Gershom scholem refrained from studying the jewish mysticism of his own time not because he was a historian and. Gershom scholem was a professor of jewish mysticism.
A concise encyclopedia of terms and concepts in jewish mysticism. In the encyclopaedia judaica article written by the late professor gershom scholem of the hebrew. Kabbalah and counterhistory, the coauthor of hasidism. After world war ii, ernst ludwig ehrlich 19212007 published works in english and german by eminent israeli. He traces the history and roots of kabbalism and the zohar. Gershom scholem stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Book of brightness, kabbalistic, pseudoepigraphic and midrashic anthology which enigmatically depicts a sexualized, divine theosophy considered by scholarship to mark the literary emergence of kabbalah at the beginning of the th century. The significance and age of this small volume are matters of controversy. Born to an assimilated family in berlin, he was attracted in his youth to judaism and zionism and studied major hebrew jewish texts and kabbalah by himself.
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