Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History

by David Biale

Book Overview

Through a lifetime of passionate scholarship, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) uncovered the "domains of tradition hidden under the debris of centuries" and made the history of Jewish mysticism and messianism comprehensible and relevant to current Jewish thought. In this paperback edition of his definitive book on Scholem's work, David Biale has shortened and rearranged his study for the benefit of the general reader and the student. A new introduction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674363302
• ISBN13: 9780674363304
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.