The father of Jewish mysticism : the writing of Gershom Scholem /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weidner, Daniel (Author)
Other Authors:	Anderson, Sage (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Series:	New Jewish philosophy and thought.
Subjects:	Scholem, Gershom, > 1897-1982. Jewish scholars > Biography. Mysticism > Judaism. Judaism > Historiography. Jews > Identity. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Intellectual history and writing : what it means to read Gershom Scholem
Revolt and romanticism : a first language
Confusion and polemics : taking a position
Asceticism and silence : gaining authority
Esoteric Zionism : politics and language
Victory's despair : reality and crisis
Looking back : rewriting the past
Language and truth : first steps
Lamentations : thinking language
Tradition, teaching, doctrine : a Jewish form of truth
Paradox : fragments of a system
Prophecy and messianism : rethinking history
Revelation : problematic foundations
Philology : poetically spoken
History of religion : a paradigm
Myth and mysticism : fundamental concepts
Gnosticism, misunderstanding, and symbolism : more operative terms?
History of messianism : continuity and rupture?
Explosion and historical test : the essential plot
Jewish modernity : a test of the present
Conclusion: Authority and silence.