By Joseph Dan
One results of this burst of curiosity and popularization of Jewish mysticism is the matter of incorrect information. the necessity for trustworthy resource fabric has turn into crucial.
This four-volume paintings through Professor Joseph Dan is a enormous occasion within the publishing historical past of English-language reference books with reference to Jewish mystical idea and perform. Professor Dan's credentials are of the top order. The recipient of the Israel Prize (considered to be Israel's maximum honor), Joseph Dan is the Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah on the Hebrew college of Jerusalem, and is still a traveling professor at essentially the most prestigious associations of upper studying within the world.
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