Moshe Idel's Kabbalah: New Perspectives, published by Yale University Press in 1988, is a landmark scholarly reassessment of Kabbalah by a historian of Jewish mysticism whose work substantially revised the earlier framework established by Gershom Scholem. Its authority rests on standard university press peer review and Idel's standing as one of the most influential scholars in the field. Its arguments were themselves part of an ongoing scholarly conversation with Scholem's earlier synthesis, so a claim about Kabbalah's history is strongest when read with an awareness that specialists have continued to debate points in both accounts since.
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Moshe Idel's Kabbalah: New Perspectives, Yale University Press, 1988, the top tier reflecting standard university press peer review and Idel's standing as one of the most influential scholars in the field, substantially revising the earlier framework established by Gershom Scholem. Its own arguments remain part of an ongoing scholarly conversation, so a claim about Kabbalah's history is strongest read with that debate in mind. NotesIdel's scholarly reassessment of Kabbalah scholarship.
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AuthorMoshe Idel
PublisherYale University Press
Publication Year1988
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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