Book Summary
"The Secret Garden" contains many gems from the Jewish (as opposed to the "occultist") Kabbalistic literature. The book is a reissue of a long out-of-print collection of Jewish Kabbalistic writings from Hellenistic times through the 17th century. In addition to well-known works such as "The Sephir Yetzirah", the anthology includes texts by Moses Cordovero, Isaac Luria, and Chaim Vital. Nonfiction. THE SECRET GARDEN offers a gathering of texts from the whole range of Jewish Kabbalah, selected to represent the core of Jewish mysticism and for the literary value of the English translations. THE SECRET GARDEN includes translations of such major texts as Shiur Qoma, Sefer Yetsinah, Book Bahir, works by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Eleazer of Worms, Rabbi Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia, Rabbi Moses de Leon, Isaac Luria, Rabbi Hayyim Vital, and many others.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Secret Garden: An Anthology In The Kabbalah |
| Author | David Meltzer, Jerome Rothenberg |
| Publisher | Barrytown Limited (Oct 1997) |
| ISBN | 9781886449534 |
| Pages | 233 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 618 |
