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7 reviews
Gershom Gerhard Scholem

Princeton University Press, 1976

Both Brilliant and Definitive
How often does a scholar write a text that is uniformly considered definitive? Rarely. However, Scholem's work on Sabbatai Sevi is exactly that. So important is this text, that all other examinations before have fallen away and are no longer studied and almost all that came after are derivative. A brilliant scholar, the author goes to great depths, examining both the historical and ...

Walter Benjamin: The Story of a Friendship (New York Review Books Classics)

1 review
Gershom Gerhard Scholem

NYRB Classics, 2003

A great intellectual friendship and a tragic end
This is the story of a friendship between two of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the twentieth century , Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin. It begins in Berlin in 1914 and continues through their separation until Benjamin's tragic death twenty -five years later. Both of them were greatly interested in the historical processes of their times, in philology , in the meaning of signs ...

Origins of the Kabbalah

2 reviews
Gershom Gerhard Scholem

Princeton University Press, 1991

conforming thought to faith
In my mind, this is one of the most important books written in the twentieth century. Strong words, I admit; please allow me to make my case. This book helps to remove much of the confusion concerning the Kabbalah which is a rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of GOD. In the words of a disciple of Isaac the Blind (1165?-1235?), "The essential thing in ...

On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah (Mysticism & Kabbalah)

7 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Schocken, 1997

A must read!
Gershom Scholem presents a clear and well-researched study on Kabbalah. The book is a fascinating read, and I could hardly put it aside until I finished it. After having been confronted with all kinds of occult and paganized ideas on Kabbalah, this book is very refreshing. The chapter on Shi'ur Komah (measure of height) shows how the Transcendent God becomes personal and knowable. It also ...

Moscow Diary

1 review
Walter Benjamin

Harvard University Press, 1986

Two-fold purpose of text
Benjamin's diary entries form a beautiful, lucid account of his trip to Moscow. They attach a personality and a humanness to the amazing scholar. There are a number of reasons someone may want to read this fascinating text. First, the diary illustrates Benjamin's interactions with Moscow, a major metropolis, and his relationship to urbanism as such. This is particularly interesting if the ...

Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah

5 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Schocken, 1995

prayer book
I enjoy this small book by Herr Doktor Gershom Scholem. "Zohar : The Book of Splendor : Basic Readings from the Kabbalah" is a collection of passages from the Zohar. The Zohar is a five volume set which is the central work in the literature of the Kabbalah. It was written in the late 13th Century CE in Spain. As such, this little book is much too small to be considered as anything but ...

Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

18 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Schocken, 1995

Excellent introduction to Kabbalah
Gershom Scholem was a pioneer in the academic study of Jewish mysticism. Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism is an excellent introduction to the kabbalah. The book covers the main historical movements and personalities. It explains the basic doctrines, rituals, and texts. The footnotes and referenced authors and texts become an excellent source of further study for both the academician and the ...

On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism (Mysticism & Kabbalah)

6 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Schocken, 1996

kabbalah
I learned a great deal from Herr Doktor Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) through his text, "On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism". Dr Bernard McGinn, Divinity School, University of Chicago, wrote in the introduction, "I believe that all students of mysticism should read Scholem, not only for his profound insights into the Jewish mystical tradition, but also to deepen their understanding of the dynamics ...

Alchemy and Kabbalah

2 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Spring Publications, Inc., 2006

A serious-minded, in-depth metaphysical scrutiny, especially recommended for college-level students of Judaic theology
Skillfully translated from the original German by Klaus Ottmann, Alchemy and Kabbalah is a classic text on alchemy by a leading scholar of Jewish mysticism, now available in English for the first time. Chapters delve into minute detail, critically examining transformations of the Jewish Kabbalah into "Christianized forms", from its rosicrucian mysticisms to long-forgotten alchemical roots hidden ...

The Messianic Idea in Judaism: And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality

4 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Schocken, 1995

Messianism, Antinomianism, and Jewish Spirituality
Gershom Scholem, recognized as one of the foremost academic scholars of Jewish mysticism of the 20th century, presents here an excellent series of essays exploring the crises caused by fits of messianism in Judaism, especially the Sabbatian crisis. The essays include: Toward an Understanding of the Messianic Idea in Judaism- details the concept of the messiah (mosiach) in the Hebrew ...

A Life in Letters, 1914-1982

1 review
Gershom Scholem

Harvard University Press, 2002

an amazing life
This book contains letters by and to Gershom Scholem, a great scholar of kabbalism. It covers an amazing amount of ground- beginning with Scholem's youth in World War I Germany, then his move to Israel in the 1920s, his Hitler-era correspondence with his family (most of whom escaped to Australia in 1938-9, at almost the last possible moment for Jews to leave Germany), and his postwar celebrity ...

Lamentations of Youth: The Diaries of Gershom Scholem, 1913-1919
Gershom Scholem

Belknap Press, 2008

For decades, Gershom Scholem kept these diaries locked away, returning to them only to refresh his memory of past events and eloquent observations. They remained unread by others until the meticulously edited German edition of this book appeared in 2002. Lamentations of Youth gives insight into a crucial stage in Scholem's life, beginning when he was a student in Berlin during the First World War, a time of incubation and growth for his ...

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940

1 review
Walter Benjamin

University Of Chicago Press, 1994

Unique English-language edition of brilliant letter-writer
The most complete English-language edition of Benjamin's letters reveals the German author dealing with characteristic and unrelenting vigour and insight in a wide range of issues from Jewishness and Zionism to European literature, book-collecting and, of course, letter-writing. Yet, with the beginning of each of the 332 letters included in the volume, the reader is brought a little closer to ...

Kabbalah

15 reviews
Gershom Scholem

Buccaneer Books, 1988

An Antti Keisala Comment: The Scholem Of Kabbalah
There's no question that Scholem is the titan of Kabbalah studies, and the father to the second generation of Kabbalah scholarship (including Moshe Idel). This book is a summarization of the bulk of his work, but if you are looking for an introduction to Kabbalah, then most certainly arrive to this book a bit later. The sheer ambition of this volume is daunting, and it does convey much of what ...

La cabala y su simbolismo
Gershom Scholem

Siglo XXI, 2002

La cabala es la mistica judia, y su larga historia ejercio durante muchos siglos un poderoso influjo sobre aquellos que aspiraban a sentir profundamente las formas e imagenes tradicionales del judaismo. Excepcionalmente dotado para acercarse al mundo cabalistico, Scholem consigue efectuar un analisis historico de los mecanismos internos de aquel movimiento mistico.

Color Symbolism: Excerpts From The Eranos Yearbook 1972
Gershom Scholem, Henry Corbin, ...

Spring Publications, Inc., 2005

The seven papers selected for this volume were originally delivered in 1972 at the Eranos conference in Ascona, Switzerland, under the general theme of ?The Realms of Colour.? Between 1933 and 1988, scholars from the fields of psychology, religion, anthropology, and science gathered there annually to discuss their research and exchange ideas. Henry Corbin characterized Eranos as ?the meeting of acting, autonomous individualities, each in ...

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