Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity
Author | : Roni Weinstein |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2016-05-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781800857308 |
ISBN-13 | : 1800857306 |
Rating | : 4/5 (306 Downloads) |
Download or read book Kabbalah and Jewish Modernity written by Roni Weinstein and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roni Weinstein’s sociological reading of the kabbalistic ideas of the early modern period suggests that they gained acceptance because they met the needs of contemporary Jewish society. Although these ideas were presented as continuing a tradition, their goal was reformation: few aspects of Jewish life were not changed in consequence. This broadly based and innovative study challenges accepted ideas on the origins of Jewish modernity, and also shows how Counter-Reformation Catholicism affected these developments.