Description: Harry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography and The Murderous History of Bible Translations, explores the mysterious tradition of Kabbalah.
Brief description: Harry Freedman is Britain's leading author of popular works of Jewish culture and history. His books include Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius, Shylock's Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice's Jews and the Ghetto, The Talmud: A Biography, Britain's Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety and Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul. He has a PhD on an Aramaic translation of the Bible from the University of London. He lives in London with his wife Karen. You can follow his regular articles on harryfreedman.substack.com.
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"Welcome to the curious but fascinating world of Harry Freedman's Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, a cheerfully non-partisan, no-frills attempt at demystifying one of the world's most mysterious, opaque and esoteric spiritual traditions." --Spectator
"Freedman navigates the story with great skill and good judgment [...] In a secular age such as our own, when popular theological literacy is at an all-time low [he] has undoubtedly done a great service by rescuing Kabbalah from the pile" --Daily Telegraph "This comprehensive guide to an important religious tradition will appeal to both readers of Jewish history and general readers of spirituality" --Publishers Weekly