Gershom Scholem was a German-born philosopher and historian widely regarded as the founder of the modern academic study of the Kabbalah. He was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the post from which his scholarship reshaped Jewish mysticism into a recognized field of historical and philosophical study.
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Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם; 5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was a German philosopher and historian.
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Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם; 5 December 1897-21 February 1982) was a German philosopher and historian.
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Philosophy of religion Philosophy of history Mysticism Messianism
In Branch: Philosophy of History, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of religion Philosophy of history Mysticism Messianism
In Group: Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Religion, Infobox: school_tradition
Continental philosophy Kabbalah Wissenschaft des Judentums
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