Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem

Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem—the 20th century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah—Prochnik combines biography and memoir to counter our contemporary political crisis with an original and urgent reimagining of the future of Israel.In Stranger in a Strange Land, Prochnik revisits the life and work of Gershom Scholem, whose once prominent reputation, as a Freud-like interpreter...

By George Prochnik
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Other Press (March 21, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590517768
ISBN-13: 978-1590517765
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches
Amazon Rank: 886006
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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In-depth study and analysis of the "stranger" in a "strange land"....plus the author's own story of conversion and understanding. Not a light read, but it is well worth the price. Prochnik wraps the reader up in a warm, spiritual tallis as he drives

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