The chosen will become herds: studies in twentieth-century kabbalah
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New Haven, Conn. London
Yale University Press
c2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | "The King Is Dead [and has been for three decades], Long Live the King": Contemporary Kabbalah and Scholem's Shadow (2012) (Magid, Shaul)
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| Further subjects: | B
Cabala History 20th century
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| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - "Originally published as Yeḥide ha-segulot yihyu la-ʻadarim: ʻiyunim be-Ḳabalat ha-meʼah ha-ʻeśrim, c2005 by the Shalom Hartman Institute and Carmel Press, Jerusalem."--T.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-207) and index. - Introduction: the study of twentieth-century kabbalah: dilemmas and possibilities -- Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century: major trends -- The drive to disseminate kabbalah -- The concept of power in national mysticism -- Psychological notions of power -- Sacred space and sacred persons -- Circumvention and violation of halakha -- The upsurge of mysticism as a Jewish and global phenomenon |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 218 p., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-12394-4 0-300-12394-9 |
