The Scandal of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice

by Dweck and Yaacob Dweck

Book Overview

How the Jewish culture war over Kabbalah began

The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691162158
• ISBN13: 9780691162157
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"