Prepare for Easter by looking toward Jerusalem.

“We cannot bring Thee praise like golden noon-light shining on earth’s green floor; our song is more like silver of the moonlight...” These bits of “sil

Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.

This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue.

A deep and abiding passion, wedded to the keenest of intellects, shaped Scholem's life's work—the study of Jewish mysticism.