Gershom Scholem
From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back
Distributed for Brandeis University Press
344 pages
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6 1/4 x 9 1/4
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments • Introduction: The Metaphysical Clown • PART 1: “CONTINUITY OF THE CRISIS”: HOPE AND DISILLUSION (1923–1938) • Cultural Contexts • A Political Circle: Brit Shalom • Religious Contexts • PART 2: THE UNPARALLELED CATASTROPHE: DESPAIR (1939–1948) • Responses to the Holocaust • The Journey to Salvage Looted Books and Manuscripts • The Heart of Odysseus • PART 3: EIN TIEFES HEIMWEH: NOSTALGIA (1949–1982) • Eranos • Between Israel and Germany • Berlin, Again: The Finale • Afterword: From Berlin to Jerusalem • Notes • References • Index
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