The Jerusalem Publishing House

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KABBALAH

Editor: Prof. Moshe Idel

With the growing interest in Kabbalah in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles, the Encyclopedia will fulfill a real need by making accessible to the general reader a milieu hitherto accessible only to a few. The main concepts, figures, centers, works, mystical techniques and symbols will receive thorough treatment in clear, concise cross-referenced entries ranging from “Atzilut” (emanation) to “Zohar.” Also elucidated will be such offshoots and derivatives as Christian Kabbalah, Shabbateanism and Hasidism as well as treatment of subjects relevant to today’s world, such as Kabbalah and the arts, science, feminism and politics.

Approx. 500 pages

8-1/2” x 11”

The Encyclopedia of Kabbalah

Editor: Prof. Moshe Idel

Major items

1. Kabbalistic Schools and Centers

Provence

Catalonia

Castile

Italy and Sicily

Medieval Germany

Byzantium

North Africa

Ottoman Empire

Land of Israel: Jerusalem and Safed

Shabbateanism

Frankism

Hasidism: Poland, Ukraine, Belorussia

2. Trajectories of Kabbalah

From Provence to Catalonia

From Catalonia to Castile and Italy

From Italy to Byzantium

From Spain to Italy, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the Land of Israel

From Safed to Italy, Poland and North Africa

The Dissemination of Shabbateanism

3. Phenomenology of Kabbalah

Kabbalistic Theosophies

Kabbalistic Theurgies

Mystical Experiences

Mystical Techniques

Theories of Dreams

Hermeneutice

4. Major Books and Their Commentaries

Sefer Yetzirah

Sefer ha-Bahir

Sefer ha-Zohar

Sefer Berit Menuhah

Sefer Pardes Rimonim

Sefer Reshit Hokhmah

Sefer Etz Hayyim

5. Kabbalah and Related Fields

Kabbalah and Halakhah

Kabbalah and Prayer

Kabbalah and Philosophy: Platonism, Pythagoreanism

Aristotelianism, Stoicism, Presocratics

Kabbalah and Astrology

Kabbalah and Alchemy

Kabbalah and Magic

Kabbalah and Muslim Religion: Ismayliah and Sufism

Kabbalah and Christianity

6. Christian Kabbalah

Converts and Kabbalah

Renaissance Kabbalah

Francmasonery

Mormonism

Theosophical Movements

7. Scholarship of Kabbalah

Renaissance Insights

19th Century Beginnings: M. Landauer, H. Graetz,

A. Jellinek; M. Steinschneider, A. Franck

The Jerusalem School: G.G. Scholem and his School: I. Tishby,

R. Schatz, R.J.Z. Werblowaky, J. Dan, Y. Liebes, R. Elinor

Scholarship in Europe in the 20th Century

Scholarship in the United States in the 20th Century

8. The Impact of Kabbalah

Kabbalah and Customs

Kabbalah and Various Forms of Magic

Kabbalah and Arts: Music, Movies. Painting

Kabbalah and Literature

Kabbalah and Modern Literary Critic

Kabbalah and Science

Kabbalah and Feminism

Kabbalah and Politics

9. Kabbalah Today

New Age: Mystical Transformations

Magical Metamorphosis

Neohassidism

Forms of Syncretism

Donmeh

Concepts

Symbolism,

Seat of Glory

Colors

Kavvanah

Breaking of Vessels

Blessing

Magical Seals

Books such as

Mishnat Hasidim

Magidd Devarav le-Ya’aqov,

Matzref le- Hokhmah

De Arte Cabalistica

Shivhei ha-Besht

Jewish figures in Jewish mysticism, for example:

Moses

Adam

The Patriarchs,

R. Akiva

Ben Sira

Angels

Metatron

Sandalfon

Yahoel

Michael

Satanael

Elijah.

Authors

Menahem Recanti

Menahem Mendel of Shklov

Jacob ben Sheshet,

Pico della Mirandola.

Places

Barcelona

Burgos

Damascus

Draa

Gerona

Jerusalem

Lemberg

Mainz,

Regensburg

Rome

Safed

Soria

Vilnius