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Gershom Scholem Master of the Kabbalah Jewish Life and Academic Legacy in 2026

"Note: This comprehensive guide explores the profound scholarly life and intellectual trajectory of Gershom Scholem, the foundational master who revolutionized the academic study of Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah, examining his enduring influence on modern Jewish identity and scholarship. The Intellectual Genesis of Gershom Scholem Gershom Scholem (born Gerhard Scholem in 1897 in Berlin, died in 1982 in Jerusalem) stands as the undisputed pioneer of the academic study of Jewish mysticism. In an era when mainstream European Jewish scholarship—dominated by the nineteenth-century Wissenschaft des Judentums (Science of Judaism)—largely dismisse..."

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