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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827494903321

Autore

Scholem Gershom Gerhard <1897-1982.>

Titolo

Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, correspondence 1945-1982 [[electronic resource] /] / edited with an introduction by Guy G. Stroumsa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06112-0

9786613061126

90-474-3376-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, , 1570-078X ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithMorton <1915-1991.>

StroumsaGuy G

Disciplina

296.0922

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / G.G. Stroumsa -- Letters 1–122 / G.G. Stroumsa -- Appendix A / G.G. Stroumsa -- Publications And Work In Progress / G.G. Stroumsa -- Appendix B / G.G. Stroumsa -- Appendix C / G.G. Stroumsa -- Index / G.G. Stroumsa.

Sommario/riassunto

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.