Jewish Mysticism - Kalman Bland
out of print, with guidebook
These lectures begin by offering an historians answers to two rather
straightforward questions: What is Jewish about Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah)?
What is mystical about Jewish Mysticism? The lectures end with an historians
attempt to understand our contemporary fascination with such arcane subjects.
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