Gender, Kabbalah, and the Reformation
| Author | : Yvonne Petry |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2004-01-01 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789004138018 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9004138013 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gender, Kabbalah, and the Reformation by : Yvonne Petry
Download or read book Gender, Kabbalah, and the Reformation written by Yvonne Petry and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the thought of Guillaume Postel (1510-1581), a French religious thinker who relied on Jewish Kabbalah and its mystical understanding of gender to argue that a female messiah had arrived who would heal the political and religious conflicts of sixteenth-century Europe.
