Kabbalah and the founding of America : the early influence of Jewish thought in the New World /

"Kabbalah and the Founding of America explores the use of Jewish esoteric thought in colonial America by Quaker theologian George Keith, Puritan ministers Increase and Cotton Mather, the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard Judah Monis, and the seventh president of Yale Ezra Stiles, in shaping ne...

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Autor principal: Ogren, Brian (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2654436
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Sumari:"Kabbalah and the Founding of America explores the use of Jewish esoteric thought in colonial America by Quaker theologian George Keith, Puritan ministers Increase and Cotton Mather, the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard Judah Monis, and the seventh president of Yale Ezra Stiles, in shaping new Protestant American religious sensibilities"--
Descripció física:1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1479808008
9781479807994
1479807990
9781479808007
9781479807987