Messianism, Mysticism, and Magic: A Sociological Analysis of Jewish and Religious Movements
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In this first sociological analysis of millenarian and mystical movements from the Middle Ages to the present, Sharot deals primarily with the Jewish masses. He describes religious currents in which hope focused on either a messiah who would bring redemption or on the means by which the individual could achieve mystical cleaving to God. Also discussed are Sabbatianism, Hasidism, Reform Judiasm, revolutionary socialism, Zionism, and the relationship...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807841706
ISBN13:9780807841709
Release Date:February 1987
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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