From: The Germanic Review | Date: January 1, 1997| Author: Goetschel, Willi | Copyright information

With the publication of the first volume of Scholem's diaries and the two volumes of correspondence leading up to 1970, the material available to scholars studying one of the most innovative Jewish thinkers of the century has changed considerably. To be sure, a good amount of information had been disseminated prior to the publication of these volumes. However, that material had been released piecemeal, scattered in asides, footnotes, and commentaries available in various locations. T...