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OverviewKabbalah in America includes chapters from leading experts in a variety of fields and is the first-ever comprehensive treatment of the title subject from colonial times until the present. Until recently, Kabbalah studies have not extensively covered America, despite America’s centrality in modern and contemporary formations. There exist scattered treatments, but no inclusive expositions. This volume most certainly fills the gap. It is comprised of 21 articles in eight sections, including Kabbalah in Colonial America; Nineteenth-Century Western Esotericism; The Nineteenth-Century Jewish Interface; Early Twentieth-Century Rational Scholars; The Post-War Counterculture; Liberal American Denominationalism; Ultra-Orthodoxy, American Hasidism and the ‘Other’; and Contemporary American Ritual and Thought. This volume will be sure to set the tone for all future scholarship on American Kabbalah. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian OgrenPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 64 Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9789004428133ISBN 10: 9004428135 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 07 May 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Contributors 1 Introduction: On the Formation of Research on Kabbalah in America Brian Ogren Part 1: Kabbalah in Colonial America 2 “They Have with Faithfulnesse and Care Transmitted the Oracles of God unto us Gentiles”: Jewish Kabbalah and Text Study in the Puritan Imagination Michael Hoberman 3 The Zohar in Early Protestant American Kabbalah: on Ezra Stiles and the Case for Jewish-Christianity Brian Ogren Part 2: Nineteenth-Century Western Esoteric Trends 4 The Abyss, the Oversoul, and the Kabbalistic Overtones in Emerson’s Work: Tracing the Pre-Freudian Unconscious in America Clémence Boulouque 5 The Qabbalah of the Hebrews and the Ancient Wisdom Religion of Asia: Isaac Myer and the Kabbalah in America Boaz Huss 6 Kabbalah in the Ozarks: Thomas Moore Johnson, The Platonist, and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor Vadim Putzu Part 3: The Nineteenth-Century Jewish Interface 7 A Kabbalistic Lithograph as a Populariser of Judaism in America—Max Wolff, The Origin of the Rites and Worship of the Hebrews (New York, 1859) Peter Lanchidi 8 Isidor Kalisch’s Pioneering Translation of Sepher Yetsirah (1877) and Its Rosicrucian Legacy Jonathan D. Sarna Part 4: Early Twentieth-Century Rational Scholars 9 Pragmatic Kabbalah: J.L. Sossnitz, Mordecai Kaplan and the Reconstruction of Mysticism and Peoplehood in Early Twentieth-Century America Eliyahu Stern 10 Solomon Schechter, Abraham J. Heschel, and Alexander Altmann: Scholars on Jewish Mysticism Moshe Idel Part 5: The Post-War Counterculture 11 Jewish Mysticism as a Universal Teaching: Allen Ginsberg’s Relation to Kabbalah Yaakov Ariel 12 Shlomo Carlebach on the West Coast Pinchas Giller 13 Aryeh Kaplan’s Quest for the Lost Jewish Traditions of Science, Psychology and Prophecy Alan Brill Part 6: Liberal American Denominationalism 14 American Reform Judaism’s Increasing Acceptance of Kabbalah: the Contribution of Rabbi Herbert Weiner’s Spiritual Search in 9½ Mystics Dana Evan Kaplan 15 American Conservative Judaism and Kabbalah Daniel Horwitz Part 7: Ultra-Orthodoxy, American Hasidism, and the ‘Other’ 16 The Calf Awakens: Language, Zionism and Heresy in Twentieth-Century American Hasidism Ariel Evan Mayse 17 “The Lower Half of the Globe”: Kabbalah and Social Analysis in the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Vision for Judaism’s American Era Philip Wexler and Eli Rubin 18 To Distinguish Israel and the Nations: E Pluribus Unum and Isaac Hutner’s Appropriation of Kabbalistic Anthropology Elliot R. Wolfson Part 8: Contemporary American Ritual and Thought 19 Kabbalah as a Tool of Orthodox Outreach Jody Myers 20 Everything is Sex: Sacred Sexuality and Core Values in the Contemporary American Kabbalistic Cosmos Marla Segol 21 Identity or Spirituality: the Resurgence of Habad, Neo Hasidism and Ashlagian Kabbalah in America Ron MargolinReviewsAuthor InformationBrian Ogren, Ph.D. (2008), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Anna Smith Fine Associate Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religion at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He has published two previous monographs and one prior edited volume. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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