Mysticism, Magic and Kabbalah in Ashkenazi Judaism
Subtitle: International Symposium Held in Frankfurt A.M. 1991 (Studia Judaica)
Contributors: Karl-Erich Grozinger (Editor); Joseph Dan (Editor)
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: April 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9783110137446
Subjects: Judaism; History; Hasidism; Religion - Judaism; Religion; Judaism - Hasidism; Congresses; Cabala; Germany; Hasidism, Medieval
First sentence: The emergence of Jewish esoteric and mystical speculation in medieval Germany, especially in the Rhineland, in the middle of the 12th century, signifies a turning-point in the history of the Hebrew language.