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Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah

The Origins of Jewish Mysticism

by Peter Schäfer

Schäfer surveys ancient Jewish texts that have been called mystical: Ezekiel, the Enoch literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, rabbinic sources and the Hekhalot writings. He asks what, if anything, unites them and critiques both Scholem's model and later theories. A clear, authoritative synthesis for readers studying the roots of Jewish mysticism. Its chapters can also be read independently as surveys of each corpus.

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