Includes translations of eight of the most interesting and developed narratives found in the "Zohar", the central medieval Jewish mystical text. The author's artful translation, together with commentaries and notes, reveals the richness of the "Zohar".
This book includes translations of eight of the most interesting and developed narratives found in the Zohar, the central medieval Jewish mystical text. Wineman's artful translation, together with commentaries and notes, reveals the richness of the Zohar.
Wineman, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and of UCLA, where he earned a doctorate in Hebrew Literature, is a specialist in Jewish mystic studies and their narrative traditions. He is rabbi of Temple Beth El in Troy, New York.