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The Origins of Jewish Mysticism

The Origins of Jewish Mysticism Paperback - 2011

by Schafer, Peter

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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Very good. wraps, 398 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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  • Title The Origins of Jewish Mysticism
  • Author Schafer, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback Octavo
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 398
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date 2011
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 97711
  • ISBN 9780691142159
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"The Origins of Jewish Mysticism is the culmination of a lifetime of scholarship by one of the most important figures in the field. Full of fresh and convincing interpretations, it is among the most significant works on Jewish mysticism to appear in decades."--Philip Alexander, University of Manchester

"With great acumen and ingenuity, Schfer refutes the currently popular idea that there was an uninterrupted continuum from the earliest Jewish apocalypses and the Dead Sea Scrolls to the mystical Hekhalot literature of late antiquity. His book is a very sobering reminder that the origins of Jewish mysticism still remain by and large shrouded in darkness."--Pieter W. van der Horst, professor emeritus, Utrecht University

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About the author

Peter Schfer is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of religion at Princeton University. His books include Jesus in the Talmud and Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (both Princeton). He received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2007.