Karl-Erich Grözinger

In one of Kafka's most famous stories, Josephine the Singer plays the role of the rebbe, or tzaddik: the person who takes on the role of theurgist (or intercessor) for the community.

Kafka and Kabbalah

Joseph Dan

Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah Department of Jewish Thought Joseph Dan

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

International Symposium Held in Frankfurt A.M. 1991

Mysticism, Magic, and Kabbalah in Ashkenazi Judaism

Slight revision of the author's Habilitationsschrift, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit'at, Frankfurt am Main, 1980.

Talmud, Midrasch, Mystik

Musik und Gesang in der Theologie der frühen jüdischen Literatur

Theologie, Philosophie, Mystik

Jüdisches Denken

Friedrich Battenberg

Aus dem Inhalt: J. Rupke, Religion und Wissenschaft - religionswissenschaftliche PerspektivenR. Elior, Enoch Son of Jared and the Solar Calendar of the Priesthood in QumranM. Fishbane, The Song of Songs and Ancient Jewish Religiosity: Between Eros and HistoryR. Goetschel, Les trois piliers du monde d'apres le Maharal de PragueW. Frey, Ein geborner Jud von Jerusalem. Uberlegungen zur Entstehung der Ahasver-FigurD. Krochmalnik, Kynisches in der rabbinischen LiteraturM. Voigts, Unterirdisch - oberirdisch. Verstreute Gedanken zu einem verbreiteten ToposH.O. Horch, Die Neugier des Satirikers. Zum Judenbild des Hans Jacob Christoffel von GrimmelshausenS. Gilman, A Dream of Jewishness on the Frontier: Kafka's Tumor and "The Country Doctor"u.v.a

Karl-Erich Grözinger

Books

Your next favorite book is out there