On the Kabbalah and its symbolism

Edition:
First Schocken paperback edition

Authors:
Scholem, Gershom 1897-1982
McGinn, Bernard (Foreword)

Translator:
Manheim, Ralph

Place of Publication:
New York, New York

Publisher:
Schocken Books


ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0805210512

Source:
Estate of Selma Hyman

Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)

Media Sub-type:
Book

LoC Call Number:
BM 525 .S3753 1996

Accession Number:
112256

Keyword Subject Headings:
Kabala / Kabalah / Kaballah / Qabala / Qabalah / Qabbalah / Cabala / Cabbala--Symbolism
Kabala / Kabalah / Kaballah / Qabala / Qabalah / Qabbalah / Cabala / Cabbala--History

User Notes:
Paperbound, xviii + 216 pp. including index Contents Foreword / Bernard McGinn Introduction 1. Religious authority and mysticism 2. The meaning of the Torah in Jewish mysticism 3. Kabbalah and myth 4. Tradition and new creation in the ritual of the Kabbalists 5. The idea of the golem