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Jewish intellectuals reinvented mysticism to claim their place in Germany.
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Spirit and Folk
Jewish Mysticism and the Struggle for German Nationhood
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Summary
A study of the twentieth-century construction of a Jewish mystical tradition by German Jewish intellectuals.
For most of European history, the notion of Jewish spirituality was unthinkable-buried beneath a pervasive desire to understand Judaism as uniquely material and Christianity as uniquely spiritual. In Spirit and Folk, Amir Engel tells the story of how a group of Jewish intellectuals, seeking greater involvement in political life, worked to invent a myst…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226857084 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226857085 |
| Author: | Amir Engel |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2027 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
152 × 229 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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Amir Engel
Amir Engel is a professor of German at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and of Christian-Jewish relations at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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