"Daniel Matt's The Essential Kabbalah justifies its title: text and commentary alike are accurate, precise, useful, and truly suggestive."--HAROLD Bloom, author of The Book of J and The Western Canon"Matt has opened the doors to the Kabbalah. Any reader whowishes to learn something of essential Jewi[...]
This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in 13th-century Spain by Moses de Len, a Spanish scholar.[...]