Origins of the Kabbalah
Contributors: Allan Arkush (Translator)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780691020471
Subjects: Judaism; Sacred texts; Judaism - Sacred Writings; Cabala; Religion - Judaism; Religion; Sefer ha-bahir; Jewish - General; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Jewish Studies; Mind, Body, Spirit; Religion / Judaism / Beliefs, Practices, Rituals; History
First sentence: The question of the origin and early stages of the Kabbalah, that form of Jewish mysticism and theosophy that appears to have emerged suddenly in the thirteenth century, is indisputably one of the most difficult in the history of the Jewish religion after the destruction of the Second Temple.