Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
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A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today. Jewish Book World A new introduction by Robert Alter reiterates the importance of Scholem's contribution to establishing the symbolic language which Jews used to express their "sense of connection to eternal things."
ForewordPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionTable of TransliterationGeneral Characteristics of Jewish Mysticism1Merkabah Mysticism and Jewish Gnosticism40Hasidism in Mediaeval Germany80Abraham Abulafia and the Doctrine of Prophetic Kabbalism119The Zohar I. The Book and Its Author156The Zohar II. The Theosophic Doctrine of the Zohar205Isaac Luria and His School244Sabbatianism and Mystical Heresy287Hasidism: The Latest Phase325Notes351Bibliography425Index445
