Messianic mystics

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Label

Messianic mystics

Statement of responsibility

Moshe Idel

Creator

• Idel, Moshe, 1947-

Subject

• Cabala -- History
• History
• Messiah -- Judaism | History of doctrines

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

• "One of the worl'ds leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience."
• "In this book, one of the world's leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience. Moshe Idel calls upon his profound knowledge of ancient and medieval texts and of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Eastern sources to uncover new perspectives on the nature and development of Jewish messianism. He shows that, contrary to Gershom Scholem's view that mysticism and messianism are incompatible religious tendencies, they are in fact closely related spiritual phenomena. Messianism regularly emerges from mystical experiences, Idel contends."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

296.3/36

Index

index present

LC call number

BM615

LC item number

.I34 1998

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography