The Origins of Jewish Mysticism

by Peter Schäfer

Book Overview

The Origins of Jewish Mysticism offers the first in-depth look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of Ezekiel to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity. The Merkavah movement is widely recognized as the first full-fledged expression of Jewish mysticism, one that had important ramifications for classical rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Kabbalah in twelfth-century Europe. Yet until now, the origins and development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142157
• ISBN13: 9780691142159
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"