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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2021]
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2654436 |
| Résumé: | "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"-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1479808008 9781479807994 1479807990 9781479808007 9781479807987 |