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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/689003613 Title: The scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish mysticism, early modern Venice Author: Yaacob Dweck Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9780691145082 0691145083 9780691162157 0691162158 OCLC:689003613

  
  

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The scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish mysticism, early modern Venice

Author:	Yaacob Dweck
Publisher:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Series:	Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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 a central feature of Jewish life. Scholars have long studied the revolutionary impact of Kabbalah, but, as Yaacob Dweck argues, they have misunderstood the character and timing of opposition to it. Drawing on a rang.  Read more...
Subjects	Modena, Leone, -- 1571-1648. -- Ari nohem. Cabala -- Controversial literature -- History. Kabbale -- Ouvrages de controverse -- Histoire. View all subjects
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