From Frankism to Jacobinism

by Gershom Scholem

Genres: Judaism, History, Religion

137 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2019

About the author

Gerhard Scholem, who, after his immigration from Germany to Israel, changed his name to Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גרשם שלום), was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah, becoming the first Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His close friends included Walter Benjamin and Leo Strauss, and selected letters from his correspondence with those philosophers have been published.

Scholem is best known for his collection of lectures, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941) and for his biography Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah (1973). His collected speeches and essays, published as On Kabbalah and its Symbolism (1965), helped to spread knowledge of Jewish mysticism among non-Jews.

Reviews

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly interesting and pertinent since I'm currently reading Andrew Roberts' "Napoleon". The content was incredibly informative and truly compelling. I am 100% convinced Moses Dobruška was responsible for the creation of the Judeo-Christian concept. My only two contentions are with the author's writing style or a poor translation that did the work little justice. I'm not sure who was at fault. And the slew of grammatical errors but that's obviously, the editor's or the publisher's fault. Apart from that, it was a very important book. I highly recommend it.