The Father of Jewish MysticismThe Father of Jewish Mysticism offers an incisive look at the early life and writings of Gershom Scholem (18971982), the father of modern Jewish mysticism and a major 20th century Jewish intellectual. Daniel Weidner offers the first full length study, published in English, of Scholem's thought. Scholem, a historian ofthe Kabbalah and sharp critic of Jewish assimilation, played a major role in the study and popularization of Jewish mysticism. Through