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Kabbalah

Gershom Scholem (Author)
Print Book, English, 1978
Meridian, New York, 1978
Criticism, interpretation, etc
494 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780452010079, 0452010071
39828557
Part One: Kabbalah. Introduction
The historical development of kabbalah
The basic ideas of kabbalah
The wider influences of and research on kabbalah
Part Two: Topics. The Zohar
Shabbetai Zevi and the shabbatean movement
Jacob Frank and the Frankists
Ba'al Shem
Sefer ha-Bahir
Chiromancy
Demonology in kabbalah
The doenmeh
Eschatology
Gematria
Gilgul
Golem
Lilith
Magen David
Meditation
Merkabah mysticism
Metatron
Providence
Samael
Part Three: Personalities. Azriel of Gerona
Naphtali Bacharach
Abraham Miguel Cardozo
Moses Cordovero (by J.B. Ben Shlomo)
Jonathan Eybeschuetz
Joseph Gikatilla
Nehemiah Hayon
Christian Knorr von Rosenroth
Isaac Luria
Hayyim Malakh
Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon
Nathan of Gaza
Judah Leib Prossnitz
Hayyim Vital
Moses Zacuto
Joseph Heshel Zoref
Notes
Abbreviations
Glossary
Illustration credits
General index
Index of books