TY - BOOK AU - Scholem,Gershom Gerhard AU - Arkush,Allan AU - Biale,David AU - Werblowsky,R.J.Zwi TI - Origins of the Kabbalah: Not Assigned T2 - Princeton Classics SN - 9780691184302 U1 - 296.16 PY - 2019///] CY - Princeton, NJ PB - Princeton University Press KW - RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism KW - bisacsh KW - Abraham ben David KW - Abraham ibn Ezra KW - Aggadah KW - Allusion KW - Asher KW - Azriel (Jewish mystic) KW - Bahir KW - Binah (Kabbalah) KW - Book of Deuteronomy KW - Books of Kings KW - Catharism KW - Deity KW - Eleazar of Worms KW - Elijah KW - Elohim KW - Elyon KW - Epistle KW - Exegesis KW - Ezekiel KW - Gematria KW - God KW - Hasid (term) KW - Hebrew language KW - Hebrew literature KW - Heresy KW - Ibn Tibbon KW - Isaac the Blind KW - Jewish history KW - Jewish mysticism KW - Jewish philosophy KW - Jews KW - Judaism KW - Kabbalah KW - Keter KW - Ketuvim KW - Kuzari KW - Literature KW - Maimonides KW - Mandaeism KW - Merkabah mysticism KW - Metatron KW - Metempsychosis KW - Midrash KW - Mishnah KW - Mysticism KW - Names of God KW - Nazirite KW - Neoplatonism KW - Pistis Sophia KW - Pleroma KW - Polemic KW - Preface (liturgy) KW - Psalms KW - Publication KW - Rabbinic literature KW - Redaction KW - Reincarnation KW - Religion KW - Religious text KW - Sefer (Hebrew) KW - Sefer Yetzirah KW - Shekhinah KW - Solomon ibn Gabirol KW - Tefillin KW - The Other Hand KW - Theology KW - Theosophy KW - Torah KW - Writing KW - Zohar N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Sources --; Editor's Preface --; Author’s Preface to the First (German) Edition --; Foreword --; CHAPTER ONE. THE PROBLEM --; CHAPTER TWO. THE BOOK BAHIR --; CHAPTER THREE. THE FIRST KABBALISTS IN PROVENCE --; CHAPTER FOUR. THE KABBALISTIC CENTER IN GERONA --; Index; restricted access N2 - With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in twelfth- and thirteenth-century southern France and Spain, showing its rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God. The Origins of the Kabbalah is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism, but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general. Now with a new foreword by David Biale, this book remains essential reading for students of the history of religion UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691184302?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691184302 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691184302/original ER -