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

Scholem, Gershom

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9780805200454: Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah
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ISBN 10: 0805200452 ISBN 13: 9780805200454
Publisher: Schocken, 1987

Synopsis

One of the great masterpieces of Western religious thought, the Zohar represents an attempt to uncover hidden meanings behind the world of appearances. It is the central work in the literature of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.

This volume of selected passages from the Zohar, culled by the greatest authority on Jewish mysticism, offers a sampling of its unique vision of the esoteric wonders of creation; the life and destiny of the soul; the confluence of physical and divine love; suffering and death; exile and redemption.

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One of the great masterpieces of Western religious thought, the Zohar represents an attempt to uncover hidden meanings behind the world of appearances. It is the central work in the literature of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.

About the Author

Gershom Scholem was a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem until his death in 1982. Among his most important works are Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, and On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism.

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Publisher
Schocken
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0805200452
ISBN 13 
9780805200454
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
122
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