Kabbalistic Revolution: Reimagining Judaism In Medieval Spain (Jewish Cultures Of The World)

The set of Jewish mystical teachings known as Kabbalah are often imagined as timeless texts. Yet, as this fresh approach shows, Kabbalah flourished in a specific time and place, one where anti-Semitic propaganda was on the rise. Hartley Lachter, a scholar of religion studies, transports us to medieval Spain and demonstrates how Kabbalah served as a radical rebuke to the era's prejudices, placing the increasingly marginalized Jews at the center of the divine universe.

• | Author: Hartley Lachter
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0813568757
• | ISBN-13: 9780813568751