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Israeli historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism (born 1947)
Moshe Idel (Hebrew: משה אידל; born January 19, 1947) is a Romanian-born Israeli historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism. He is Emeritus Max Cooper
Moshe_Idel
Topics referred to by the same term
Idel may refer to: Moshe Idel, historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism (born 1947) Atil or Itil, the ancient capital of Khazaria Itil (river), also
Idel
Type of Jewish mysticism
ISBN 978-0-7914-9744-9. Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah: New Perspectives. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-04699-1. Idel, Moshe (1988b). The
Kabbalah
Different forms of mysticism in Jewish history
for the Zohar. In Kabbalah: New Perspectives (1990),[citation needed] Moshe Idel reassessed this, seeing implicit continuity between options in ancient
Jewish_mysticism
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)
doctrines in oppositional response to Maimonidean rationalism. See e.g. Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives The first comprehensive systemiser of Kabbalah
Maimonides
Kabbalah dream-based divination
on a text. Based on comments by Abraham ibn Ezra and others, scholar Moshe Idel has identified this text with Exodus 14:19-21, each verse of which contains
Dream_question
Magic used to invoke divine presence
College of Judaica Press. p. 18. Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, Moshe Idel, SUNY Press 1995, pp. 72–74. The term magic, used here to denote divine
Theurgy
Fallen angel in various traditions
from either “name” (Heb. שם, shem) or “heavens” (Heb. שמים, shamaym). Moshe Idel proposed that Samyaza is the one who “gazes at heavens” or “gazes from
Samyaza
School of kabbalah named after Isaac Luria (1534–1572)
usually involves withdrawal from community. In more recent academia, Moshe Idel has challenged Scholem's historical influence in Lurianism, seeing it
Lurianic_Kabbalah
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
Mysticism Idel, Moshe "The Renascence of Abraham Abulafia in the Last Generation" Idel, Moshe "Abraham Abulafia and the Prophetic Kabbalah" Idel, Moshe "The
Abraham_Abulafia
Branch of Judaism
Targum. It is considered the ultimate source of the Kabbalah according to Moshe Idel. Synagogal Judaism was called a "triplet brother" of Rabbinic Judaism
Synagogal_Judaism
First emanation in Kabbalah
is a metaphor for the most abstract and sublime aspect of the divine. Moshe Idel refers to this light as the "hidden light," embodying the concept of potentiality
Keter
Western esoteric tradition
contemporary scholarship of Jewish mysticism has largely rejected this idea. Moshe Idel instead has posited a historical continuity of development from early
Hermetic_Qabalah
Branch of the Jewish mystical tradition that concerns the use of magic
Sepher ha-Mashiv. The practitioners of this tradition were described by Moshe Idel as "interested in demonology and the use of coercive incantations to summon
Practical_Kabbalah
Day of the week
Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. See also Hebrew University Professor Moshe Idel's book, Saturn Jews, and Shlomo Sela's article Saturn and the Jews (University
Monday
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
Joseph, this hypothesis has not been substantiated by any extant texts. Moshe Idel however has argued that the Gnostic or esoteric ideas found in Kabbalah
Gnosticism
Foundational work in Kabbalah literature
Daniel C Matt, translator The Zohar; Arthur Green A Guide to the Zohar; Moshe Idel Kabbalah and Eros. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zohar. Wikiquote
Zohar
Awareness of internal and external existence
Consciousness" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Moshe Idel (1990). Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial
Consciousness
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
printer. Later legend names his mother Sarah. Romanian-Israeli historian Moshe Idel claims that Baal Shem Tov was born in the Principality of Moldavia, in
Baal_Shem_Tov
Figure mentioned in the Quran, Surah At-Tawba
considered a holy place for some Jews, as they would make pilgrimages to it. Moshe Idel, an Israeli historian and philosopher who specializes in Jewish mysticism
Uzair
1517 Christian text by Johann Reuchlin
transl. by Martin and Sarah Goodman Introduction by G. Lloyd Jones, Introduction to this edition by Moshe Idel, University of Nebraska Press 1993. v t e
De_Arte_Cabalistica
Part of Jewish spirituality
Tomorrow, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2003. Kabbalah: New Perspectives, Moshe Idel, Yale University Press, 1988. Sirach iii. 22; compare Talmud Hagigah,
Primary_texts_of_Kabbalah
Religious concept referring to forgiveness or absolution for past sins
Trends in Jewish Mysticism. גרשם שלום. פרקי יסוד בהבנת הקבלה וסמליה. Moshe Idel. Kabbalah: New Perspectives. Rachel Elior. The Mystical Origins of Hasidism
Redemption_(theology)
ISBN 978-0-19-530034-5. Idel, Moshe (1988). The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia. New York: SUNY Press. Idel, Moshe (1990). The Golem: Jewish
History_of_Jewish_mysticism
Hungarian-American Jewish librarian and writer
Books by David Ben Joseph Ibn Yahya," in Yaron Ben-Naeh, Jeremy Cohen, Moshe Idel, and Yosef Kaplan, eds., Studies in Jewish History Presented to Joseph
Menahem_Schmelzer
Early work of Jewish Kabbalah
modern-day research on Kabbalah; see the works of Gershom Scholem and Moshe Idel for more information. There is a striking affinity between the symbolism
Bahir
Messiah in Jewish eschatology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2014-02-06. Moshe Idel (2000). Messianic Mystics. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-08288-3
Messiah_ben_Joseph
focus on post-biblical history, preferring philosophy and mysticism. Moshe Idel posits a model of Jewish history distinct from the typical role of history
Modern_Jewish_historiography
Kabbalist’s views of language and interpretation. One reason for this, as Moshe Idel and others have observed, is that there is an important affinity between
Kabbalistic approaches to the sciences and humanities
Kabbalistic_approaches_to_the_sciences_and_humanities
School of early Jewish mysticism
handed down today are identical to the book which the Talmud references. Moshe Idel, Gershom Scholem, Joseph Dan, and others have raised the natural question
Merkabah_mysticism
Practice of supernatural beings and forces
University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01751-8. Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, Moshe Idel, SUNY Press 1995, pp. 72–74. The term magic, used here to denote divine
Magic_(supernatural)
Meditation in Judaism
of Theosophical Kabbalah, recent academic scholarship on Abulafia by Moshe Idel reveals his wider influence across the later development of Jewish mysticism
Jewish_meditation
Israeli filmmaker, writer and artist
the Beginning –a conference with the participation of Umberto Eco and Moshe Idel, Mishkenot Shaananim, Israel 1995 The Book of Sham, New York 1996 Left
Udi_Aloni
Contemporary religious movement
However, Scholem's thesis has not gone unchallenged. Later scholars such as Moshe Idel critiqued Scholem for overemphasizing external influences—particularly
Gnosticism_in_modern_times
Simeon Lavi in His Commentary to the Zohar, was supervised by Professor Moshe Idel. He was a Fulbright post-doctoral fellow at Yale University (1993/4),
Boaz_Huss
Diagram used in various mystical traditions
..) Malkuth: Field Atziluth Boaz and Jachin Flower of life Qlippoth Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah : new perspectives. Internet Archive. New Haven : Yale
Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah)
Award
Gabriel Preil — 1993 David Avidan Amalia Kahana-Carmon || Jonah Frankel Moshe Idel 1994 Hanoch Levin Meir Wieseltier || Benjamin Pinkus 1996 Yehudit Handel
Bialik_Prize
Israeli professor of Jewish philosophy
to engage the historical nitty-gritty that other scholars’ work does." Moshe Idel Ada Rapoport-Albert Gibson, Etta Prince (24 December 2004). "Hear me roar"
Rachel_Elior
American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher
https://doi.org/10.1163/105369909X12506863090512 Heschel, The Prophets, 468 Moshe Idel, preface to Prophetic Inspiration after the Prophets, p. ix-x Gillman
Abraham_Joshua_Heschel
discovered by the authorities. According to the Romanian-Israeli historian Moshe Idel, Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, was born in the Principality
History of the Jews in Romania
History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania
[top] Octavio Ianni (1926–2004), Brazil, labor history, social history Moshe Idel (born 1947), Jewish history Georg Iggers (German, 1926–2017), modern Europe
List_of_historians
Figure in rabbinic Jewish eschatology from the Book of Zechariah
Kabbalah. Brill. p. 158. ISBN 978-90-04-23427-7. Retrieved 13 February 2014. Moshe Idel (2000). Messianic Mystics. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08288-6.
Righteous_Priest
Town in Western Moldavia, Romania
Constantin Crișan [ro] Ștefan Dănilă Emanoil Dumitrescu Florin Gheorghiță [ro] Moshe Idel Irving Layton Gabriela Mihalschi Mariana Simionescu Valentin Ursache Ioan
Târgu_Neamț
American biblical scholar and Jewish theologian (born 1964)
with the historian of religion Mircea Eliade and the scholar of kabbalah Moshe Idel, Sommer critiques the tendency of reductionist scholars of religion to
Benjamin_Sommer
History of supernatural phenomena
ISBN 978-0271017518. Dawes (2013). Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, Moshe Idel, SUNY Press 1995, pp. 72–74. The term magic, used here to denote divine
History_of_magic
Kabbalist, teacher of Nachmanides
rishonim, particularly David Abudirham. According to Gershon Scholem and Moshe Idel he was one of the earliest kabbalists, but Haviva Pedaya disagreed. Teachers
Judah_ben_Yakar
Belief that the divine pervades all of space and time and also extends beyond it
among certain mystical Jewish traditions. A leading scholar of Kabbalah, Moshe Idel, ascribes this doctrine to the kabbalistic system of Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
Panentheism
Universalist Kabbalah association
Kabbalah is very different from the academic reconstructions of Scholem and Moshe Idel and from Kabbalah as taught in the orthodox milieu, which explains part
Bnei_Baruch
Neo-Hasidism) Joseph Dan (1935–2022) (Scholem chair at Hebrew University) Moshe Idel (1947-) (revision of Scholem's views and Ecstatic Kabbalah) Yehuda Liebes
List of Jewish mysticism scholars
List_of_Jewish_mysticism_scholars
2013, the annual lecture was moved to the Centro Pro Unione: 2013: Prof. Moshe Idel, Hebrew University, Jerusalem “Judaism and the Problem of Evil” 2014:
John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue
John_Paul_II_Center_for_Interreligious_Dialogue
American historian
Princeton University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-691-04883-3. David B. Ruderman; Moshe Idel (2001). Jewish thought and scientific discovery in early modern Europe
David_B._Ruderman
Postdoctoral research center focused on Judaism
Judaica Reference Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries (2008) Moshe Idel: winner of the Israel Prize for Jewish thought (1999) Sara Japhet: former
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Katz_Center_for_Advanced_Judaic_Studies
Jewish philosophical and ethical text
the Armenian publisher Tatyos Divitchiyan. Kav HaYashar (at Sefaria) Moshe Idel: "YIVO | Mysticism and Mystical Literature". Davis, Rabbi Avrohom (2007)
Kav_ha-Yashar
Romanian historian
Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary (lecturers: Moshe Idel and Michael Silber). Between 1997 and 1999, he had a research grant at
Andrei_Oișteanu
Israeli award for academic/professional excellence
Elhanan Helpman, Israel Aumann 2002 Humanities Talmudic Studies: Israel Ta-Shma Jewish Philosophy: Moshe Idel 2002 Culture and Arts Literature: S. Yizhar
EMET_Prize
Seals from Europe Daniel M. Friedenberg 1989 Kabbalah: New Perspectives Moshe Idel 1990 "Be Fertile and Increase, Fill the Earth and Master It": The Ancient
List of winners of the National Jewish Book Award
List_of_winners_of_the_National_Jewish_Book_Award
Studies in the History of Jewish Thought (ed. by Warren Zev Harvey and Moshe Idel (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1997))) Stuckrad, Kocku von. "Jewish and Christian
Jewish_views_on_astrology
Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist
Jewish tradition of interpreting symbols, and he reportedly told scholar Moshe Idel: "I paint in Kabbalah". He was still eclectic beyond abstractionism, and
Marcel_Janco
family Marcel Janco (1895–1984), visual artist, architect and art theorist Moshe Idel (b.1947), historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism Yisrael Katz (b
List of Romanian Jews in Israel
List_of_Romanian_Jews_in_Israel
and Superstition (1939, repr. 1961 and again 2004 with a foreword by Moshe Idel) was his Ph.D. dissertation at Columbia University. From this came another
Joshua_Trachtenberg
Israeli scholar of Kabbalah (born 1967)
1990 to 2001, his M.A. and Ph.D. dissertations were advised by Prof. Moshe Idel. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Jonathan_Garb
Jewish community in Catalonia
Sassoon, Yehude Sicilia, teudot u-meqorot, Jerusalem: 1991 (in Hebrew). Moshe Idel, «The Ecstatic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia in Sicily and its Transmission
History of the Jews in Catalonia
History_of_the_Jews_in_Catalonia
Bereaved Son Ken Koltun-Fromm Moses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity 2003 Moshe Idel Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation 2004 Daniel Matt The
Koret_Jewish_Book_Award
contribution to Society and the State Shlomo Hillel Haim Yisraeli 1999 Moshe Idel Jewish thought Aaron Mirski Hebrew Literature Menahem Zevi Kaddari Hebrew
List of Israel Prize recipients
List_of_Israel_Prize_recipients
Jewish kabbalist, student of Isaac Luria (1590–1610)
Aristotelian and Neoplatonist influences, especially by Gershom Scholem and Moshe Idel. Menahem Azariah da Fano and Abraham Cohen de Herrera are considered his
Israel_Sarug
Fourth emanation in Kabbalah
Audacity: Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-52495-1. Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah: New Perspectives. New Haven and London: Yale University
Chesed_(Kabbalah)
Romanian historian, essayist, and journalist
Ideas, Intellectuals and Public Ethos), Jassy, Ed. Polirom, 2007 with Moshe Idel, Ceea ce ne uneste. Istorii, biografii, idei (What binds us together.
Sorin_Antohi
Jewish community in Bukovina
inter-ethnic cooperation. According to the Romanian-Israeli historian Moshe Idel, Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, was born in the Principality
History of the Jews in Bukovina
History_of_the_Jews_in_Bukovina
Romanian-French writer
Fondane's philosophy was nevertheless judged unsatisfactory by scholar Moshe Idel. Speaking in 2007, he suggested that Fondane the philosopher remained
Benjamin_Fondane
Location where all ten sefirot in the Tree of Life are united as one
Green, Arthur (2004). A Guide to the Zohar. Stanford University Press. Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah: New Perspectives. Yale University Press. Kaplan, Aryeh
Da'at
Israeli writer, journalist, and philosopher
non-Jews and non-Israelis worldwide are also fascinated by." (a review by Moshe Idel, Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Dov_Elbaum
American rabbi and scholar
"Rabbi Byron Sherwin, Jewish Scholar and Ethicist at Spertus, Dies". Cited by Moshe Idel (1990:xx) as one of the "most important" works on the subject
Byron_Sherwin
American-born writer and editor
laureates Menachem Elon (Jewish Law), Aviezer Ravitzky (Jewish Philosophy), Moshe Idel (Kabbalah and Hasidism), Jacob Landau (Islam and Muslim Countries), and
Fred_Skolnik
Being in Jewish folklore made from clay
Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018. Idel, Moshe (1990). Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial
Golem
Synonym for Jerusalem or Land of Israel
Research Starters. Retrieved March 22, 2026. Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham; Idel, Moshe (2010). "Second Gate, Ninth Sefirah section 125". Gates of Light: Sha'are
Zion
Third emanation in Kabbalah
Psychology and Kabbalah. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-0-87728-529-8. Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah: New Perspectives. New Haven and London: Yale University
Binah_(Kabbalah)
Stav, a librarian at the Yeshurun synagogue, and Idel (Hadassa), the daughter of Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe Goldman, the Rebbe of Zvhil. He studied at Yeshivat
David_Stav
American rabbi
son of Nachman Ashinsky and Hannah Friedman. Ashinsky studied with Rabbi Idel Drob in Rajgród and Graiva, Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz of Łomża, and
Aaron_M._Ashinsky
South African politician (1892–1969)
their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their father, a Zionist pioneer named Idel Schwarz, in South Africa. She graduated from Anglican Diocesan College in
Bertha_Solomon
de Roumanie Medforth-Mills Elizabeth Edholm Fernstrom Constanța Iorga Moshe Idel, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Iolanda Balaș, Romanian
Decorations of the Romanian Royal House
Decorations_of_the_Romanian_Royal_House
Biblical Hebrew word; 2nd emanation in Kabbalah
Thelema Publishing Company. With an introduction by Israel Regardie. Idel, Moshe (1988). Kabbalah: New Perspectives. New Haven and London: Yale University
Chokmah
Unstructured, spontaneous and individualized form of prayer and meditation
1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767. Likutey Moharan I, 52. Idel, Moshe (1988). Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah. Albany: State University o f New
Hitbodedut
Israeli scholar of rabbinic literature (1936–2004)
ḥakhme Ashkenaz, Tsarfat ṿe-Iṭalyah. Makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri. Idel, Moshe, Mortimer Ostow, Ivan G. Marcus, Paul B. Fenton, and Israel M. Ta-Shma
Israel_Ta-Shma
Religious subgroup of modern Judaism
Hasidism. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. ISBN 978-1-904113-04-1. Idel, Moshe (1994). Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic (Paperback: 2 volumes in
Hasidic_Judaism
Jewish nationalist movement
and Michael B. Oren, eds., New Essays on Zionism, Shalem Press, 2007. Idels, Ofer (2024). Zionism. doi:10.1017/9781009442947. ISBN 978-1-009-44294-7
Zionism
Jewish mystic and self-proclaimed Messiah (1626–1676)
false messiah". Haaretz. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Idel, Moshe (1998). "Sabbateanism and Mysticism". Messianic Mystics. New Haven: Yale
Sabbatai_Zevi
Symbolic meaning and value of letters
(1517) [François] (in French). Translated by Secret. Aubier-Montaigne. Idel, Moshe (1989). L'expérience mystique d'Abraham Aboulafia (1988) (in French)
Letter_symbolism
Primary Devil in Islamic tradition
German). Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05178-1. Idel, Moshe; McGinn, Bernard (2016-10-06). Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity
Iblis
Traditions of human transformation aided by religious experiences
Mysticism in Islam and Christianity, London and New York: Routledge Idel, Moshe; McGinn, Bernard, eds. (2016), Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity
Mysticism
Doctrine in Judaism and Christianity
Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 4 (pp. 403-534). Brill. Idel, Moshe, and Bernard McGinn, eds. Mystical union in Judaism, Christianity, and
Image_of_God
Israeli philosopher and historian (1897–1982)
The Art of Fiction No. 39". Paris Review. Winter-Spring 1967 (40). Idel, Moshe, "White Letters: From R. Levi Isaac of Berditchev's Views to Postmodern
Gershom_Scholem
(1905–1964), chemist Heinrich Gutkin (1879–1941), businessman and politician Idel Jakobson (1904–1997), NKVD investigator Louis Kahn (1901–1974), architect
List_of_North_European_Jews
Claimed psychic ability
Joseph Karo. p. 266. Retrieved January 30, 2026 - via Internet Archive. Idel, Moshe (2010). "R. Joseph Karo and His Revelations". Tikvah Working Paper 5
Automatic_writing
Kabbalistic theory of biblical exegesis
Gershom (1990). דברים בגו : פרקי מורשה ותחיה (in Hebrew). עם עובד. p. 249. Idel, Moshe (1989-01-01). Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia.
Pardes_(exegesis)
Jewish ritual and prayer service
Joseph Karo. p. 266. Retrieved January 30, 2026 - via Internet Archive. Idel, Moshe (2010). "R. Joseph Karo and His Revelations". Tikvah Working Paper 5
Kiddush_levana
University Press. 2018. doi:10.1353/book.61491. ISBN 978-0-8143-4485-9. Idel, Moshe (2007). Ben: sonship and Jewish mysticism. The Kogod library of Judaic
Yehiel_Nissim_da_Pisa
Israeli civil servant and writer (1931–2023)
Magazine - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019. "Chana Idel Spiegel". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 5 November 2019. "History: How it really
Avraham_Avi-hai
Belief in the advent of a messiah
messianismes et millénarismes de l'ère chrétienne, The Hague: Mouton, 1969. Idel, Moshe, Messianic Mystics, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. Kavka, Martin
Messianism
Romanian historian (1907–1986)
Mircea Eliade & His Critics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Idel, Moshe. 2014. Mircea Eliade: From Magic to Myth. NY: Peter Lang. Idinopulos
Mircea_Eliade
Israeli Jewish law scholar (1938–2020)
Significance in Maimonides", Tarbiz LI(1982), pp. 577–588. Reprinted in M. Idel, ed., A Reader in Maimonidean Research (Jerusalem, 1985), pp. 416–426 "Joy
Gerald_Blidstein
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