Studies in Jewish Myth and Jewish Messianism

In these essays Yehuda Liebes argues that myth is a vital, not marginal, element of Jewish religion and Kabbalah. He studies mythic motifs in rabbinic and kabbalistic literature, the Sabbatian movement and later messianic figures. Thought-provoking and erudite, this SUNY collection is for readers interested in the mythic imagination of Jewish mysticism. It complements his Studies in the Zohar well.