"[Scholem] labors the wealth, even the scandal, of the past in
order to multiply options of survival. No great textual scholar, no
master of philology and historical criticism commands a technique
at once more scrupulously attentive to its object and more instinct
with the writer's voice. That voice reaches out and grabs the
layman."---George Steiner, The New Yorker
"[Scholem's] work on Jewish mysticism, messianism, and
sectarianism, spanning now half a century, constitutes . . . one of
the major achievements of the historical imagination in our time. I
would contend that it is of vital interest not only to anyone
concerned with the history of religion but to anyone struggling to
understand the underlying problematics of the human
predicament."---Robert Alter, Commentary
"This book has been a classic in its field since it was first
issued in 1950, and it still stands as uniquely authoritative and
intriguingly instructive. . . . [It is] a monument of revelation
and insight bridging anthropology, religion, sociology, and
history."
*Publishers Weekly*
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