Gershom Scholem Jenaya Webb

Gershom Scholem Jenaya WebbIn the early part of the twentieth century, Gershom Scholem (1897 1982) founded the academic discipline of the study of Jewish Mysticism. In so doing, he not only broke new scholarly ground; but he also revolutionized the field of Judaic Studies as a whole and left an indelible mark on the study of religion. This book presents essays by several of Israel's eminent scholars, reflecting on Scholem's impact on the academic and Jewish worlds, and his life

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urban sociology

The authors identify some of the major impediments to both well-designed environmental policies and their effective implementation

“The millennial generation’s most celebrated literary achievement

one of the founders of the academic field of sociology

and the second movement failed because they contested within a widely altered labor regime following neoliberal reforms

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and the city's electorate

This volume summarises the wealth of recent research on enhancing mango cultivation

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yet under-examined group of dissident writers active in Chinese leftist literary circles around the time of the war against Japan (1937–45)