Kabbalah and the founding of America : the early influence of Jewish thought in the New World / Brian Ogren.
| Author/creator |
Ogren, Brian author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, [2021] |
| Description | xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-298) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ogren, Brian, Kabbalah and the founding of America New York : NYU Press, 2021. 9781479807994 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020041598 |
| ISBN | 9781479807987 |
| ISBN | 1479807982 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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