Scholem/Abrams: Lurianic Kabbalah (2008)

Cherub Press  just published its 22nd volume in their “Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism” series titled, “Lurianic Kabbalah: Collected Studies by Gershom Scholem, edited by Daniel Abrams” (440 pages, ISBN 1-933379-09-X). Unfortunately (for the purposes of this site/blog) it is all Hebrew. Below is the official blurb.

This volume celebrates the groundbreaking work of Gershom Scholem on Kabbalistic literary and mystical activity from the end of the fifteenth century, just prior to the Expulsion from Spain and until the rise of Sabbateanism. At the heart of this collection are all of Gershom Scholem’s detailed studies on R. Isaac Luria, his teachers, students and the works that emerged from Safed, including numerous texts which he introduced and explained. All sixteen studies are reproduced here, re-typeset, along with a Hebrew translation of the chapter on Isaac Luria and his School, from his Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism – all updated with Scholem’s post-publication hand notes from his personal library and annotated with full bibliographic references, manuscript identifications and followed by a complete bibliography in all languages of all studies about Kabbalah from the periods treated in this volume. The volume is introduced with a typology of the various methods and scholarship that emerged from Scholem’s foundational work. This volume is an essential research tool for the serious study of Jewish mysticism.

1 Response

  1. Mikhail says:

    I hope that they translate this book into English soon! Readers of this blog might be interested in these online (English) articles on Kabbalah: http://www.helium.com/knowledge/5972-kabbalah-explained

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