Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, correspondence 1945-1982 /
The American historian of ancient religions Morton Smith (1915-1991), had studied with the great scholar of Jewish mysticism Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), while in Jerusalem during the Second World War. After the war, the two started a long, fascinating and at times intense correspondence that ended...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008
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| Series: | Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ;
v. 9. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The American historian of ancient religions Morton Smith (1915-1991), had studied with the great scholar of Jewish mysticism Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), while in Jerusalem during the Second World War. After the war, the two started a long, fascinating and at times intense correspondence that ended only with Scholem's death. These letters, found in the Scholem archive in the National Library in Jerusalem, provide a rare perspective on the world and the approach of two leading historians of religion in the twentieth century. They also shed important new light upon Smith's discovery of a letter. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 206 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433767 9047433769 1283061120 9781283061124 9786613061126 6613061123 |
| ISSN: | 1570-078X ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
