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This book by Gershom Scholem was described as his magnum opus, and it brought the Jewish mystical tradition to the English-reading public. It was described as tough, serious, and heavy, but also extraordinary.
And he gave it to me and I ran home and tried to read it and at about 10 o'clock I fell asleep because it's really tough, serious, heavy Jewish history. But it's extraordinary.
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Episode: Lawrence Kushner — Kabbalah and Everyday Mysticism
This book by Gershom Scholem was described as his magnum opus, and it brought the Jewish mystical tradition to the English-reading public. It was described as tough, serious, and heavy, but also extraordinary.
And he gave it to me and I ran home and tried to read it and at about 10 o'clock I fell asleep because it's really tough, serious, heavy Jewish history. But it's extraordinary.
Episode: [Unedited] Lawrence Kushner with Krista Tippett
This book, by Gershom Scholem, was given to the author by his professor and introduced him to Jewish mysticism. It was described as tough but extraordinary for bringing the Jewish mystical tradition to the English reading public.
And he gave it to me and I ran home and tried to read it and at about 10 o'clock I fell asleep because it's really tough, serious, heavy Jewish history. But it's extraordinary. And what Sholem did in that book was that he brought the Jewish mystical tradition to the English reading public.