From Berlin to Jerusalem: Memories of My Youth - Softcover

Gershom Scholem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805208712 ISBN 13: 9780805208719

Publisher: Schocken Books, 1988

Synopsis

The eminent Jewish scholar recalls the chief events and people of his Berlin childhood, the circumstances leading to his migration to Palestine, and his initial responses to his new homeland

About this title

About the Author:

Gershom Scholem: Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) was born in Berlin, educated at the universities of Jena and Bern, and emigrated to Palestine in 1923, where he devoted himself to the study of the Jewish mystical tradition and the Kabbalah. One of the greatest scholars of the twentieth century, admired both for his philological prowess and his philosophical insight, Scholem was the author of many books, including Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism, Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, and On Jews and Judaism in Crisis, a collection of autobiographical writings and essays on Zionism.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0805208712
• ISBN 13: 9780805208719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178