| Description |
494 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: Kabbalah. Introduction -- The historical development of kabbalah -- The basic ideas of kabbalah -- The wider influences of and research on kabbalah -- Part Two: Topics. The Zohar -- Shabbetai Zevi and the shabbatean movement -- Jacob Frank and the Frankists -- Ba'al Shem -- Sefer ha-Bahir -- Chiromancy -- Demonology in kabbalah -- The doenmeh -- Eschatology -- Gematria -- Gilgul -- Golem -- Lilith -- Magen David -- Meditation -- Merkabah mysticism -- Metatron -- Providence -- Samael -- Part Three: Personalities. Azriel of Gerona -- Naphtali Bacharach -- Abraham Miguel Cardozo -- Moses Cordovero (by J.B. Ben Shlomo) -- Jonathan Eybeschuetz -- Joseph Gikatilla -- Nehemiah Hayon -- Christian Knorr von Rosenroth -- Isaac Luria -- Hayyim Malakh -- Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon -- Nathan of Gaza -- Judah Leib Prossnitz -- Hayyim Vital -- Moses Zacuto -- Joseph Heshel Zoref -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Illustration credits -- General index -- Index of books. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-462)-and indexes. |
| Subject |
Cabala -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Subject |
Cabala. (OCoLC)fst00843481
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897-1982. Kabbalah. New York : Meridian, [1978] (OCoLC)624472071 |
| ISBN |
0452010071 paperback |
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9780452010079 paperback |
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