Monday, August 11, 2025

Moshe Idel

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Idel


Moshe Idel (Hebrewמשה אידל; born January 19, 1947) is a Romanian-born Israeli historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism. He is Emeritus Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute.


He points out that the kabbalists were in a battle with the Rambam to expand Judaism from pure philosophical thought. 

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