Through a lifetime of passionate scholarship, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) uncovered the "domains of tradition hidden under the debris of centuries" and made the

With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to

Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today’s intellectual imagination, having influe

Annotation "An excellent overview of the history of Jewish mysticism from its early beginnings to contemporary Hasidism ... scholarly and complex."--Library Jou

A deep and abiding passion, wedded to the keenest of intellects, shaped Scholem's life's work—the study of Jewish mysticism.