Amir Engel, “Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography” (U. Chicago Press, 2017)

15/05/2017 38 min
Amir Engel, “Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography” (U. Chicago Press, 2017)

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In Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography (University of Chicago Press, 2017) , Amir Engel, a lecturer in the German Department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, positions Gershom Scholem’s work and life within early twentieth-century Germany, Palestine and later the state of Israel. This book is an accessible and illuminating account of Gershom Scholem’s thought. It will become a very important reference for many years to come.



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