Sabbatai Zevi

The Mystical Messiah

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Sabbatai Zevi / Sabbatai Zwi

The Mystical Messiah

In his opus magnum Scholem reconstructs a biography that had a unique impact on the history of Judaism. The history of the Jewish faith, of mysticism and Kabbala, thousands of years old, form the background in front of which the story of Sabbatai Zevi (1626 – 1676) unfolds.

Sabbatai Zevi is the first seminal study of heresy, of seceding from Judaism. Scholem dates the beginnig of modern Jewish history to Sabbatianism. The history of Sabbatianism, however, has been...

Sabbatai Zevi is the first seminal study of heresy, of seceding from Judaism. Scholem dates the beginnig of modern Jewish history to Sabbatianism. The history of Sabbatianism, however, has been overshadowed by official Jewish historiography for centuries. Scholem’s book closes a big historical gap. Beyond that, it is a standard work of theology, since, in this study, Scholem compares basic concepts of Judaism and Christianity while at the same time highlighting their differences.

1957, 1096 pages

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Gershom Scholem

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Gershom Scholem, 1897 – 1982, established a new strand of research with his work: the academic exploration of Jewish mysticism that opened up a new understanding of Jewish history. His work has been translated into 40 languages. His correspondences with Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt are legendary.

Gershom Scholem

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Gershom Scholem, 1897 – 1982, established a new strand of research with his work: the academic exploration of Jewish mysticism that opened...

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Year of Publication: 2019

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 2019

Poetica

Gershom Scholem’s name goes beyond the frontiers of Jewish Studies into the history of Jewish mysticism and Messianic Judaism. It is less well known that during his lifetime Scholem was intensely involved with poetry and translation as well as with philological questions on the theory of language. This edition shows the literary side of the famous academic. It provides a comprehensive and...

Year of Publication: 2015

Theodor W. Adorno , Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 2015

Correspondence 1939 - 1969

»I really like him and we find that we have an awful lot to say to each other« Gershom Scholem wrote to Walter Benjamin in 1938. With »he« Scholem meant Theodor W. Adorno, the man whom...

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Year of Publication: 2010

Gershom Scholem , Hannah ArendtYear of Publication: 2010

Correspondence – 1939-1964

This first-time publication of the correspondence between Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt is a unique contemporary historical document: a discussion on crucial questions of Jewish history...

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Year of Publication: 2002

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 2002

»There is a Secret in the World«

How did Gershom Scholem, the great scholar and researcher of Jewish mysticism, assess Judaism’s chances of survival in a secularised world? The two texts in this volume shed light on this...

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Year of Publication: 2000

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 2000

Diaries, Essays and Sketches Until 1923

Gershom Scholem’s diaries, published from his estate, acquaint us with the beginnings of the great Jewish scholar’s intellectual development. Scholem’s life led him from Berlin to...

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Year of Publication: 1997

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1997

Judaica VI

The present volume provides another access to the often-quoted manifesto on the study of kabbalah. Judaica VI thus brings together Scholem’s most important programmatic writings and gives the reader an idea of the consistent radicalism with which Gershom Scholem dedicated himself to the science of Judaism.

Year of Publication: 1995

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1995

Diaries, Essays and Sketches Until 1923

Not only was Gershom Scholem one of the most important scholars of this century, he also founded his own subject: the study of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, which opens up a new understanding of...

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Year of Publication: 1992

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1992

Judaica V

Twenty years before his monumental work Sabbatai Zwi, which was first published in German by Jüdischer Verlag in 1922, Gersholm Scholem rattled the traditional Jewish worldview and its historiography with his essay »Redemption through Sin« in 1937. Scholem describes the history of the followers of the Jewish mystic and messiah Sabbatai Zwi (1626–1676) after the...

Year of Publication: 1984

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1984

Judaica IV

Among Gershom Scholem’s works, the three volumes of the Judaica probably achieved the widest circulation. The publication of a fourth volume, which Scholem planned, was prevented by...

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France (Éditions du Cerf), Italy (selection; Giuntina), Sweden (selection; Faethon)

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Year of Publication: 1983

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1983

Walter Benjamin and His Angel

Content:
Vorrede zu Benjamins »Briefen«
Benjamin und sein Engel
Nachtrag: Die geheimen Namen Walter Benjamins
Walter Benjamin und Felix...

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Year of Publication: 1983

Gershom Scholem , Walter BenjaminYear of Publication: 1983

Correspondence 1933-1940

The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem spans from March 1933 to February 1940. The letters document the last period in Benjamin’s life: the problems of material existence,...

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Year of Publication: 1977

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1977

On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead

»In the Zohar and other writings of the Kabbalah, Jewish mystics developed concepts and symbols to help them penetrate secrets of the cosmos that cannot be understood through reason or...

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Year of Publication: 1977

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1977

From Berlin to Jerusalem

On his 80th birthday, Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) created the most beautiful birthday present for himself: the memories of his youth in the Jewish milieu in the still quiet Berlin of the early...

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Walter Benjamin – The Story of a Friendship

Year of Publication: 1975

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1975

Walter Benjamin – The Story of a Friendship

Gershom Scholem’s report is more than a biography. Documented in partially unpublished documents, the most intimate expert of the biography and oeuvre of Walter Benjamin examines...

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Year of Publication: 1973

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1973

On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism

Scholem’s studies on the Kabbalah – the secret Jewish mystical-theosophical doctrine that claims to be ancient revelation – are a fascinating contribution to understanding the...

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Year of Publication: 1973

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1973

Judaica III

The third volume of the Judaica is dedicated to issues of mysticism. Gershom Scholem suceeds in writing Jewish history anew from a place of a deeper understanding of the interplay between...

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Year of Publication: 1970

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1970

Judaica II

The first volume of the Judaica is followed by a second, a collection of lectures and essays by Scholem, the great representative of Jewish heritage. They revolve around two themes: firstly,...

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Year of Publication: 1970

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1970

On A Few Basic Concepts of Judaism

In this work, Gershom Scholem examines the guiding threads that are the foundation for understanding the concepts of God, Creation, Revelation, Tradition and Salvation in...

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Year of Publication: 1963

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1963

Judaica I

Scholarly research has secured Gershom Scholem‘s prominent place among the interpreters of Judaism and the Jewish past. Just like his standard works on Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah, the...

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Year of Publication: 1957

Gershom ScholemYear of Publication: 1957

Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

With this work, Gershom Scholem created the scholarly basis for the study of Jewish mysticism. Through a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of documents of the Jewish mystical tradition, this...

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