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  • Vocal Rites and Broken Theologies

    Cleaving to Vocables in R. Israel Ba‘al Shem Tov's Mysticism

    by Moshe Idel ...
    Series series Jewish Spiritual Traditions and Contempo
    Vocal Rites and Broken Theologies deals with the central practices of the founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov—known as the Besht—and its sources in the Safedian Kabbalah of Rabbi Moses Corovero. These include the loud pronunciation of the vocables during prayer, study of the Torah, and eventually profane speech, as conducive to some form of union with the divine. Many traditions in ... Read more

    $53.00 USD

  • From Berlin to Jerusalem

    Memories of My Youth

    by Gershom Scholem, Moshe Idel ...
    "A serene, lucid and stylish essay in intellectual autobiography that at the same time commemorates a vanished world."—Times Literary Supplement"An extraordinary life—one that itself takes on symbolic, if not mystical, significance." —Robert ColesFrom Berlin to Jerusalem portrays the dual dramas of the author's total break from his middle-class German Jewish family and his ever-increasing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Kabbalah

    A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences

    by Shahar Arzy, Moshe Idel ...
    In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Jewish Mystical Leaders and Leadership in the 13th Century

    Edited by Moshe Idel, Mortimer Ostow, Ivan G. Marcus, Israel M. Ta-Shma, Paul B. Fenton ...
    To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Jewish Magic and Superstition

    A Study in Folk Religion

    by Joshua Trachtenberg, Moshe Idel ...
    Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Jewish Magic and Superstition

    A Study in Folk Religion

    by Joshua Trachtenberg, Moshe Idel ...
    Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510: A Survey

    by Moshe Idel ...

    $45.99 USD

  • Absorbing Perfections

    Kabbalah and Interpretation

    by Professor Moshe Idel ...
    In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah—from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism—one of the world’s foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical center with the destruction of the temple and so was ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Mircea Eliade

    From Magic to Myth

    by Moshe Idel ...
    Series Book 3 - After Spirituality
    Mircea Eliade: From Magic to Myth addresses a series of topics that have been neglected in scholarship. First and foremost, the book looks at the early Romanian background of some of Eliade’s ideas, especially his magical universe, which took on a more mythical nature with his arrival in the West. Other chapters deal with Eliade’s attitude toward Judaism, which is crucial for his phenomenology of ... Read more

    $159.99 USD

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  • Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

    by Gershom Scholem ...
    A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Messianic Idea in Judaism

    And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality

    by Gershom Scholem ...
    An insightful collection of essays on the Kabbalah and Jewish spirituality—from the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism.Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabbalah. When he began to work on this neglected field, the few who studied these texts were either amateurs who were looking for occult wisdom, or old-style Kabbalists who were seeking guidance on their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Back To The Sources

    by Barry W. Holtz ...
    Essays analyze the major traditional texts of Judaism from literary, historical, philosophical, and religious points of view. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD