The Kabbalah, or the Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews

Adolphe Franck’s influential study is a nineteenth-century scholarly introduction to Jewish mysticism and the philosophical dimensions of the Kabbalah. It helped introduce Kabbalistic thought to a wider European audience, and readers will find a systematic explanation of its history, ideas, symbolism, and relation to Judaism, philosophy, and religion.

Adolphe Franck (1810–1893) was a French philosopher and historian of religion who made an important scholarly contribution to the study of Kabbalah. His writings helped introduce Jewish mystical traditions to a wider intellectual audience and remain significant in the history of esoteric scholarship.