Kabbalah: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Kabbalah: a Very Short Introduction
Price: 5.19 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780195300345

ISBN-10: 0195300343

ISBN-13: 9780195300345

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joseph Dan

List price: $18.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $5.19

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

In Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph Dan, one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism, offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah. Dan sheds light on the many misconceptions about what Kabbalah is and isn't--including its connections to magic, astronomy, alchemy, and numerology--and he illuminates the relationship between Kaballah and Christianity on the one hand and New Age religion on the other. The book provides fascinating historical background, ranging from the mystical groups that flourished in ancient Judaism in the East, and the medieval schools of Kabbalah in…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.79" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Illustrations


Preface



Kabbalah: The Term and Its Meanings



Ancient Jewish Mysticism and the Emergence of the Kabbalah



The Kabbalah in the Middle Ages



Main Ideas of the Medieval Kabbalah



Modern Times I: The Christian Kabbalah



Modern Times II: Safed and the Lurianic Kabbalah



Modern Times III: The Sabbatian Messianic Movement



Modern and Contemporary Hasidism



Some Aspects of Contemporary Kabbalah


Further Reading


Index