Title The scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish mysticism, early modern Venice / Yaacob Dweck

Published Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations Series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world. Contents Introduction -- 1. Hebrew manuscripts in an age of print -- 2. Early modern criticism of the Zohar -- 3. Guiding the perplexed -- 4. Safed in Venice -- 5. A Jewish response to Christian Kabbalah -- 6. The afterlife of Ari Nohem -- 7. Kabbalah and scholarship in the nineteenth century -- Epilogue Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index Notes Print version record Subject Modena, Leone, 1571-1648. Ari nohem. Cabala -- Controversial literature -- History. Form Electronic book ISBN 1400840007 (electronic bk.) 9781400840007 (electronic bk.)

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