The Unique Cherub Circle: A School of Mystics and Esoterics in Medieval Germany

by Joseph Dan

The main point delivered by this book is that Jews living in Germany during the Middle Ages developped a dynamic and variegated culture which should be recognized as a constituent of European and German medieval religiosity. The esoterics, mystics and pietists who produced works like those analyzed in this volume derived their inspiration from the traditional Jewish texts, but were also part of the world they lived in, despite the seclusions enforced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161467981
• ISBN13: 9783161467981
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.