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Loading... Major Trends in Jewish Mysticismby Gershom Scholem
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0805210423, Paperback)A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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"Scholem's absolute rigor and integrity--as well as his dedication to the study of magic--inspired Saul Lieberman, an authority on the Talmud, to offer the greatest backhanded tribute in the history of scholarly irony when introducing him at the Jewish Theological Seminary: "You know that I believe that mysticism is nonsense, total and complete nonsense, but the history of nonsense is scholarship. And the man who is about to speak knows more about the history of nonsense than anyone has ever known.""
(Source: Anthony Grafton, "Gospel Secrets: the Biblical Controversies of Morton Smith", in: The Nation 26-01-2009)