Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity
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Author | : Roni Weinstein |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2016-05-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781800857308 |
ISBN-13 | : 1800857306 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity by : Roni Weinstein
Book excerpt: Roni Weinstein’s sociological reading of the kabbalistic ideas of the early modern period suggests that they gained acceptance because they met the needs of contemporary Jewish society. Although these ideas were presented as continuing a tradition, their goal was reformation: few aspects of Jewish life were not changed in consequence. This broadly based and innovative study challenges accepted ideas on the origins of Jewish modernity, and also shows how Counter-Reformation Catholicism affected these developments.