The Father Of Jewish Mysticism: The Writing Of Gershom Scholem (New Jewish Philosophy And Thought) - 9780253062079

The Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early life and writings of Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the father of modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th-century Jewish intellectual thinker. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study, published in English, of Scholem thought. Scholem, a historian of Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism. Through his work on Kabbalah, Scholem turned the closed world of mystical texts into a force for Jewish identity. Skillfully drawing on Scholem's early diaries and writings, The Father of Jewish Mysticism introduces a young, soon-to-be legendary intellectual in search of himself and Judaism.

• | Author: Daniel Weidner
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 250 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0253062071
• | ISBN-13: 9780253062079