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Tables of Contents for On the Possibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time & Other Essays
Chapter/Section Title
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Acknowledgments
vii
1
Editor's Acknowledgments
viii
1
Translator's Introduction
ix
2
Introduction: The Dialectics of Continuity and Revolt, by Avraham Shapira
xi
Part One: SCHOLEM'S PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDY OF MYSTICISM
1
24
1. A Candid Letter About My True Intentions in Studying Kabbalah
3
3
2. Reflections on the Possibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time
6
14
3. My Way to Kabbalah
20
5
Part Two: ZIONISM AS SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
25
24
4. Thoughts About Our Language
27
3
5. Exile Today Is Devoid of the Seeds of Redemption
30
5
6. A Lecture About Israel
35
5
7. Our Historical Debt to Russian Jewry
40
5
8. Understanding the Internal Processes
45
4
Part Three: THE EXISTENTIAL SITUATION IN JEWISH CULTURE TODAY
49
70
9. Reflections on Modern Jewish Studies
51
21
10. A New Spiritual Perspective on the Exegesis of Primary Sources
72
3
11. What Others Rejected: Kabbalah and Historical Criticism
75
5
12. On Education for Judaism
80
13
13. Who Is a Jew?
93
7
14. Secularism and Its "Dialectical Transformation"
100
2
15. Messianism--A Never-Ending Quest
102
12
16. What Is Judaism?
114
5
Part Four: JUDAISM THROUGH THE AGES
119
72
17. The Historical Development of Jewish Mysticism
121
34
18. Memory and Utopia in Jewish History
155
12
19. The People of the Book
167
9
20. Three Types of Jewish Piety
176
15
Part Five: REFLECTIONS ON HIS CONTEMPORARIES
191
34
21. On Kafka's The Trial
193
1
22. With a Copy of Kafka's The Trial--A Poem
194
3
23. Franz Rosenzweig and His Book The Star of Redemption
197
19
24. Does God Dwell in the Heart of an Atheist?
216
9
Notes
225
10
Glossary
235
2
Index
237