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The chosen will become herds

studies in twentieth-century kabbalah

Also known as Yeḥide ha-segulot yihyu la-ʻadarim

by Jonathan Garb

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Languages: English, Hebrew

Description

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The popularity of Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical movement at least 900 years old, has grown astonishingly within the context of the vast and ever-expanding social movement commonly referred to as the New Age. This book is the first to provide a broad overview of the major trends in contemporary Kabbalah together with in-depth discussions of major figures and schools. A noted expert on Kabbalah, Jonathan Garb places the "kabbalistic Renaissance" within the global context of the rise of other forms of spirituality, including Sufism and Tibetan Buddhism. He shows how Kabbalah has been transformed by the events of the Holocaust and, following the establishment of Israel, by aliyah. The Chosen Will Become Herds is an original piece of scholarship and, in its own right, a new chapter in the history of Kabbalah.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism.

  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir matched “Kabbala”. Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the subtitle, “Kabbalah” in the description, “Cabala” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Kabbala”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • “Kabbalah”· in subtitle
    • “Kabbalah”· in description
    • “Cabala”· in subject
    • “Kabbalah”· in edition subtitle
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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studies in twentieth-century kabbalah

1st ed

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 218 p.)); Dewey classification: 296.1/6; Includes bibliographical references and index; Publication place: New Haven; Translated from the Hebrew

c2009Yale University PressEnglish, Hebrew
  • 9786612352751
  • 0300155042
  • 128235275X
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