Kabbalah: From Esoterica To Us Weekly (Wimpfheimer)

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Selected Reference Sources

Encyclopaedia Judaica / Fred Skolnik, editor-in-chief ; Michael Berenbaum, executive editor.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
296 E5611 2007
Also available Online.

A premier resource on all aspects of Jewish life, culture, and history the Encyclopaedia Judaica contains 22,000 entries as well as 600 maps, tables, and illustrations. Included is a substantial essay on Kabbalah that contains an extensive bibliography.

The Jewish encyclopedia : a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
296 J595 1925

This is an older encyclopedia (1925) that also contains a lengthy essay on Kabbalah (entered under Cabala) and an accompanying bibliography.

Jewish mysticism : an annotated bibliography on the Kabbalah in English / Sheila A. Spector.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
016.29616 S741j

This bibliography provides citations to primary and secondary sources on Jewish mysticism and the history of the Kabbalah.

Encyclopedia of Jewish concepts / Philip Birnbaum
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
296.03 B619e

This book provides overviews to concepts that are important to the essential teachings of Judaism. An entry for Kabbalah is given on pages 532-533.

The new encyclopedia of Judaism / editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Wigoder ; coeditors, Fred Skolnik and Shmuel Himelstein.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
L 296.03 E562 2002

This volume includes a substantial essay on Jewish Mysticism.

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