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Guy G. Stroumsa

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Description:The American historian of ancient religions, Morton Smith (1915-1991), studied with the great scholar of Jewish mysticism, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), when he was in Jerusalem during the Second World War. After the war, the two started a long, fascinating and at times intense correspondence that ended only with Scholem's death. These letters, found in the Scholem archive in the National Library in Jerusalem, provide a rare perspective on the world and the approach of two leading historians of religion in the twentieth century. They also shed important new light upon Smith's discovery of a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria referring to a secret Gospel of Mark.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, Correspondence 1945-1982 (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture). To get started finding Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, Correspondence 1945-1982 (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2008

ISBN: 9004168397

Description: The American historian of ancient religions, Morton Smith (1915-1991), studied with the great scholar of Jewish mysticism, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), when he was in Jerusalem during the Second World War. After the war, the two started a long, fascinating and at times intense correspondence that ended only with Scholem's death. These letters, found in the Scholem archive in the National Library in Jerusalem, provide a rare perspective on the world and the approach of two leading historians of religion in the twentieth century. They also shed important new light upon Smith's discovery of a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria referring to a secret Gospel of Mark.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, Correspondence 1945-1982 (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture). To get started finding Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, Correspondence 1945-1982 (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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