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Tra il 1956 e il 1964 Gershom Scholem tenne una serie di conferenze ai Colloqui di Eranos, ad Ascona, in parte rielaborate dall’autore e raccolte in questo volume pubblicato per la prima volta in Ge……続きを見る

The story of a pioneering cardinal who was a key architect of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical and interreligious commitment Catholicism during the twentieth century was characterized by chang……続きを見る

The US Army Chaplain Corps served with distinction during WWII. Chaplains numbered 8,896 by the end of WWII with 186 perishing in combat, a commissioned officer casualty ratio only led by Infantry p……続きを見る

The Central Mystery of the Ancient World For millennia, a profound enigma has stood at the heart of Indo-European culture: the identity of Soma. Described in the ancient Indian Rig Veda as a divine,……続きを見る

There are two overlapping themes which serve as the focus of Cultural Translation and Receptions of Paul in the First Four Centuries : (a) “reception” of the apostle Paul in subsequent Christian tra……続きを見る

A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. ……続きを見る

This book charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period in order to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are “within Judai……続きを見る

Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former cap……続きを見る

President Franklin D. Roosevelt put it bluntly, if privately, in 1942-the United States was "a Protestant country," he said, "and the Catholics and Jews are here under sufferance." In Tri-Faith Amer……続きを見る

Gendered Testimonies of the Holocaust: Writing Life begins with the premise that writing proves virtually synonymous with survival, bearing the traces of life and of death carried within those who s……続きを見る

President Franklin D. Roosevelt put it bluntly, if privately, in 1942-the United States was "a Protestant country," he said, "and the Catholics and Jews are here under sufferance." In Tri-Faith Amer……続きを見る

Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an interest in the ’long’ or ’delayed’ Reformations, and the structure and ……続きを見る

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World brings together a collection of studies on Celtic inscriptions, religious travel, settlement, penance and prophecy in medieval Celtic……続きを見る

With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A……続きを見る

Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account ……続きを見る

"A serene, lucid and stylish essay in intellectual autobiography that at the same time commemorates a vanished world."ーTimes Literary Supplement "An extraordinary lifeーone that itself takes on sym……続きを見る

Core to Paul's gospel is the relationship between Israel and the Nations in light of the coming of Christ. But historic Christianity, in claiming to be a new Israel, and in not recognising the purpo……続きを見る

"Scholem's treatment is complex and stylistically brilliant as he systemically analyzes the history and intellectual background of these critical ideas. Highly recommended."--Library Journal. 続きを見る

Until surprisingly recently the history of the Irish Catholic Church during the Northern Irish Troubles was written by Irish priests and bishops and was commemorative, rather than analytical. This s……続きを見る

One of the enduring problems in biblical studies is how the Bible came to be written. Clearly, scribes were involved. But our knowledge of scribal training in ancient Israel is limited. William Schn……続きを見る

«Come il chicco di grano deve marcire nella terra prima di poter germogliare, così le azioni dei “credenti” devono “marcire” affinché possa germogliare la redenzione». Così scrive Scholem nel saggio……続きを見る

More than simply a method of communication shared by a common people, the Hebrew language was always an integral part of the Jewish cultural system and, as such, tightly interwoven into the lives o……続きを見る

An insightful collection of essays on the Kabbalah and Jewish spiritualityーfrom the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism. Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabba……続きを見る

Why is the Jewish New Year designated on the Jewish calendar as the first day of the seventh month, and not of the first month? Why do women cover their eyes when reciting the blessing over the Sabb……続きを見る

Germany’s transition from Nazism to peaceful, if at times reluctant, integration into the western and Soviet spheres during the decade immediately following the Second World War is one of the most r……続きを見る