Reincarnation in Jewish Mysticism and Gnosticism.(Book Review)

From: Shofar | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: Verman, Mark | Copyright information

Reincarnation in Jewish Mysticism and Gnosticism, by Dina Ripsman Eylon. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, Jewish Studies Series, Volume 25, 2003. 146 pp. $99.00 (c).

Dina Eylon's monograph Reincarnation in Jewish Mysticism and Gnosticism offers a worthwhile contribution to the history of one of the most intriguing, though misunderstood, doctrines in Judaism. There is a common misconception that Judaism, like Christianity, rejects the notion of reincarnation. Eylon's...

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