This book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of religion and Kabbalah, opening up important and innovative perspectives for our understanding of Kabbalah and Hasidism their reception.
Boaz Huss is the Aron Bernstein Professor of Jewish History in the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the vice president of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. His research interests include the history of Kabbalah, Western esotericism, New Age culture and new religious movements in Israel.