Kabbalah by Joseph Dan

Kabbalah by Joseph Dan

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Showcases the relationship between Kabbalah and Christianity on the one hand and New Age religion on the other. This work provides historical background, ranging from the mystical groups that flourished in ancient Judaism in the East, to the use of kabbalistic ideas in the influential modern Jewish religious movement, Hasidism.

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Kabbalah by Joseph Dan

Showcases the relationship between Kabbalah and Christianity on the one hand and New Age religion on the other. This work provides historical background, ranging from the mystical groups that flourished in ancient Judaism in the East, to the use of kabbalistic ideas in the influential modern Jewish religious movement, Hasidism.
Joseph Dan serves as the Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah in the Department of Jewish Thought of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has taught since 1958 and been a full professor since 1978. He has also served as a visiting professor in universities the world over, among them, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, University College, London, the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, and Jewish Theological Seminary.
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ISBN 13 9780195300345
ISBN 10 0195300343
Title Kabbalah
Author Joseph Dan
Series Very Short Introductions Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2005-11-01
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.