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    mysticism

    Cover of Seekers of the Face: Secrets of the Idra Rabba (The Great Assembly) of the Zohar
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    Seek­ers of the Face: Secrets of the Idra Rab­ba (The Great Assem­bly) of the Zohar 
    Melila Hellner-Eshed
    Cover of Nahmanides: Law and Mysticism
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    Nah­manides: Law and Mysticism
    Moshe Halbertal, Daniel Tabak (trans.)
    Cover of Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
    Non­fic­tion
    Demons, Angels, and Writ­ing in Ancient Judaism
    Annette Yoshiko Reed
    Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Shamir
    Chil­dren’s
    Elisha David­son and the Shamir
    M.R. Attar
    Cover of A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz
    Non­fic­tion
    A Remem­brance of His Won­ders: Nature and the Super­nat­ur­al in Medieval Ashkenaz
    David I. Shyovitz
    Cover of Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth
    Non­fic­tion
    Where the Heav­ens Kiss the Earth
    Rabbi Karmi David Ingber
    Cover of The Golem On Fire Mountain
    Fic­tion
    The Golem On Fire Mountain
    Char­layne A. Crawford
    Cover of Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
    Non­fic­tion
    Ein­stein and the Rab­bi: Search­ing for the Soul
    Nao­mi Levy
    Cover of The Zohar: Reception and Impact
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    The Zohar: Recep­tion and Impact
    Boaz Huss
    Cover of Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah
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    Jew­ish Mag­ic before the Rise of Kabbalah
    Yuval Harari
    Cover of Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph
    Visu­al Arts
    Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph
    Dominique Baque
    Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Letters of Fire
    Chil­dren’s
    Elisha David­son and the Let­ters of Fire
    M. R. Attar
    Cover of The Rose Temple
    Non­fic­tion
    The Rose Temple
    Mitchell Weitzman and Lucia Weitzman
    Essay

    Golem Sto­ries, from Mys­ti­cism to Fic­tion to the Realm of Plausibility

    Ear­li­er this week, Matthew Kres­sel explored the Jew­ish sources under­ly­ing Leonard Nimoy’s Vul­can salute and fan­ta­sy literature’s great­est time-trav­el­ing epics. He is…
    Matthew Kres­sel
    April 1, 2016
    Essay

    Do (Jew­ish) Ghosts Exist?

    Michelle Adel­man​’s debut nov­el Piece of Mind is told from the per­spec­tive of a young woman with a brain injury forced to con­tend with the dif­fi­cul­ties of…
    Michelle Adel­man
    February 22, 2016
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    M. R. Attar
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