The chosen will become herds
Subtitle: studies in twentieth-century kabbalah
By: Jonathan Garb ; translated by Yaffah Berkovits-Murciano.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300123944
Subjects: Cabala -- History -- 20th century
Work titles: Yeḥide ha-segulot yihyu la-ʻadarim.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the study of twentieth-century kabbalah: dilemmas and possibilities; title: Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century: major trends; title: The drive to disseminate kabbalah; title: The concept of power in national mysticism; title: Psychological notions of power; title: Sacred space and sacred persons; title: Circumvention and violation of halakha; title: The upsurge of mysticism as a Jewish and global phenomenon.