Light Is Sown: The Cultivation of Kabbalah in Medieval Castile - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Avishai Bar-Asher, Jeremy Phillip BrownSeries:Oxford Studies in Western EsotericismPublish date:9/26/2025Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197744819ISBN-10:197744818UPC:9780197744819Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:JudaismBook Topic:Kabbalah & Mysticism, Sacred WritingsSize:8.90 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC0956S2R4
Light Is Sown: The Cultivation of Kabbalah in Medieval Castile
In a pioneering monograph-length study of the theological journey of Moses ben Shemtov de León of Guadalajara--self-proclaimed "Light of the West" and presumed writer of the Zohar, the kabbalah's crowning literary achievement--Avishai Bar-Asher and Jeremy Phillip Brown reach bold new conclusions about the kabbalah's prominence in medieval Castile. Through rigorous examinations of fragmentary...
Series: Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197744819ISBN-10:197744818UPC:9780197744819Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:JudaismBook Topic:Kabbalah & Mysticism, Sacred WritingsSize:8.90 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC0956S2R4
Avishai Bar-Asher is the Sol Rosenblum Chair in Jewish History and an Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he also serves as head of the Jewish Studies program. Bar-Asher's research on kabbalah has appeared in various journals and edited volumes internationally, including Harvard Theological Review and Jewish Quarterly Review. Jeremy Phillip Brown is...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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