Selected Writings

translated and introduced by David J. Halperin; preface by Elliot R. Wolfson

Here is the story, mainly told in his own words, of a seventeenth-century (1627-1706) Jew, raised as a Catholic, who combined his rabbinic learning, his Catholic training and a budding awareness of Eastern religions into a remarkable theory of compa...

Book of Visions and Book of Secrets

translated and introduced by Morris M. Faierstein; preface by Moshe Idel

Here are first-time English translations of the autobiographical works of two important and influential Jewish mystics. In the Book of Visions Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620), foremost disciple of R. Isaac Luria, describes his mystical experiences in...

Jeffery L. Rubenstein

Stories from the main works of classical rabbinic literature, which were produced by Jewish sages in either Hebrew or Aramaic, between 200 and 600 C.E.

Selected Writings

translated and introduced by David J. Halperin; preface by Elliot R. Wolfson

Here is the story, mainly told in his own words, of a seventeenth-century (1627-1706) Jew, raised as a Catholic, who combined his rabbinic learning, his Catholic training and a budding awareness of Eastern religions into a remarkable theory of compa...

Selected Writings

David J. Halperin

Here is the story, mainly told in his own words, of a seventeenth-century (1627-1706) Jew, raised as a Catholic, who combined his rabbinic learning, his Catholic training and a budding awareness of Eastern religions into a remarkable theory of compa...

Book of Visions & Book of Secrets

Dr. Morris M. Faierstein

Here are first-time English translations of the autobiographical works of two important and influential Jewish mystics. In the Book of Visions Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620), foremost disciple of R. Isaac Luria, describes his mystical experiences in...

Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible

Reuven Hammer

This volume includes commentary and interpretation of Scripture taken from the early rabbinic masters, the Tannaim, along with a running explanation of their theological, literary and historical importance. The editing of the Tannaitic Midrashim too...

The Generations of Adam

translated, edited and with an introduction by Miles Krassen

Here is a first time English translation of a seventeenth-century classic of Jewish literature that deals with many of the most important issues addressed by Kabbalists since the late twelfth century. Horowitz (c. 1570-1626) served as rabbi of sever...

Generations of Adam

Dr. Miles Krassen

Here is a first-time English translation of a seventeenth-century classic of Jewish literature that deals with many of the most important issues addressed by Kabbalists since the late twelfth century. Horowitz (c. 1570-1626) served as rabbi of sever...

Israel and Humanity

translated, edited and with an introduction by Maxwell Luria

Here is the first English translation of Israel and Humanity, the work that constitutes a synthesis of the religious thought of this nineteenth-century (1823-1900) Italian rabbi, theologian, philosopher, and kabbalist.

Israel & Humanity

Maxwell Luria

Here is the first English translation of Israel and Humanity, the work that constitutes a synthesis of the religious thought of this nineteenth-century (1823-1900) Italian rabbi, theologian, philosopher, and kabbalist.

Joseph Dan

Here are previously unavailable texts, including The Book Bahir and the writings of the Iyyum circle, that were written during the first one hundred years of this movement that was to become the most important current in Jewish mysticism. This movem...

Book of Enlightenment

Daniel Chanan Matt

This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in thirteenth-century Spain by Moses de Le n, a Spanish scholar.

Upright Practices

Arthur Green

Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl (1730-1797) was rabbi of Chernobyl, near Kiev, in Ukraine. He was part of the Hasidic movement that played a key role in the history of eastern European Jewry. Upright Practices is a devotional manual of personal practices...

Tales

Professor Arnold Band

The fascinating sacred tales of Rabbi Nahman (1772-1810) are presented to the world in the most authentic translations ever accomplished.