The Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early
life and writings of Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the father of
modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th-century Jewish
intellectual. Daniel Weidner offers the first full-length study,
published in English, of Scholem's thought. Scholem, a historian
ofthe Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a
major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism.
Through his work on the Kabbalah, Scholem turned the closed world
of mystical texts into a force for Jewish identity. Skillfully
drawing on Scholem's early diaries and writings, The Father of
Jewish Mysticism introduces a young, soon-to-be legendary
intellectual in search of himself and Judaism.
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