Book 2008

Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 2008

Judaism
Religion
Religion - Judaism
Judaism - Hasidism
Judaism - Theology
Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism
Cabala
History

The Beit El kabbalists, led by their charismatic founder Shalom Shar'abi, have flourished in the Middle East for the last two and half centuries. This work is the first scholarly treatment of Beit El, its history, the underlying theory of its kabbalistic system and the practices and inner life of the kabbalists of Beit El.