The Kabbalah Reader: A Sourcebook of Visionary Judaism by Edward Hoffman is a rare book about Kabbalah in English in that it is not an introductory text as I define it. Hoffman does not pick the standard Jewish figures or quote from the well-known works. Rather, Hoffman provides a wider range, and in effect, moves us out and away from well throd self-referential books about Jewish mysticism. Hoffman’s book is sweeping, bringing many under the tent of Kabbalah who are not typically allowed within.
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