**Gershom Scholem *(1897-1982) was one of the most important Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century and the father of the academic study of Jewish mysticism. He was a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Yaacob Dweckis associate professor of history and Judaic studies at Princeton ...

**Gershom Scholem *(1897-1982) was one of the most important Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century and the father of the academic study of Jewish mysticism. He was a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Yaacob Dweckis associate professor of history and Judaic studies at Princeton University. He is the author of The Scandal of Kabbalah * (Princeton).