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This third volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition completes the Zohar’s commentary on the book of Genesis. Here we find spiritual explorations of numerous biblical narratives, including Jacob’s wrestling with the angel, Joseph’s kidnapping...
The first two volumes of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, translated with commentary by Daniel C. Matt, cover more than half of the Zohar’s commentary on the Book of Genesis (through Genesis 32:3). This is...
The first two volumes of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, translated with commentary by Daniel C. Matt, cover more than half of the Zohar’s commentary on the Book of Genesis (through Genesis 32:3). This is...
In the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature, the verse “A river flows from Eden to water the garden” (Genesis 2:10) symbolizes the river of divine plenty that unceasingly flows...
Stories abound of immigrant Jews on the outside looking in, clambering up the ladder of social mobility, successfully assimilating and integrating into their new worlds. But this book is not about the success stories....
Volume 11 comprises a collection of different genres within the Zoharic library. The fragmentary Midrash ha-Ne’lam on Song of Songs opens with its treatment of mystical kissing. Highlights of Midrash ha-Ne’lam on Ruth are...
Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since it emerged in Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written in a lyrical Aramaic, the Zohar, a masterpiece of Kabbalah, features mystical interpretation...
Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since it emerged in medieval Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written in lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a...
Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism Hasidism Incarnate contends that much of modern Judaism in the West developed in reaction to Christianity and in defense of Judaism as a unique tradition. Ironically...
We’re celebrating another fantastic year of publishing with our Year-End Sale. Now through December all 2014 print titles are 30% off while a handful of gift books—photography albums, popular interest titles and the like—are...