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In Kabbalah: A Very Short Launch, Joseph Dan, one of the world's leading regulators on Jewish mysticism, offers a concise and highly exact go through the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah. Dan sheds light on the many misconceptions in what Kabbalah is and isn't - including its connections to magic, astronomy, alchemy, and numerology - and he illuminates the partnership between Kabbalah and Christianity on the one hand and MODERN religion on the other. The booklet provides attractive historical background, which range from the mystical groupings that flourished in old Judaism in the East, and the middle ages classes of Kabbalah in Northern Spain and Southern France, to the widening expansion of Kabbalah through the institution of Isaac Luria of Safed in the 16th hundred years, to the most potent and influential modern Jewish religious movement, Hasidism, and its own use of kabbalistic terms in its preaching. The booklet examines the main element ancient texts of this tradition, like the Sefer Yezira or "Book of Creation", the booklet of Bahir, and the Zohar. Dan explains Midrash, the classical Jewish exegesis of scriptures, which assumes an infinity of meanings for every biblical verse, and he concludes with a brief survey of scholarship or grant in the field and a set of books for further being attentive. Embraced by celebrities and included in many contemporary religious phenomena, Kabbalah has reaped a wealth of attention in the press. But many critics argue that the form of Kabbalah employed in Hollywood is more new-age pabulum than real tradition. Can there be an optimistic role for the Kabbalah in the contemporary search for spirituality? In Kabbalah, Joseph Dan debunks the myths bordering modern Kabbalistic practice, offering an participating and dependable profile of this traditional Jewish religious phenomenon and its own impact outside of Judaism. About the series: Merging authority with wit, availability, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction for some of life's most interesting subject areas. Compiled by experts, for the newcomer, they illustrate the finest modern day thinking about the central issues and problems in hundreds of key subject areas, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
