Joseph Karo: Lawyer and Mystic, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky's 1962 study from Oxford University Press, examines the mystical visitations recorded in the diary (Maggid Mesharim) of the sixteenth century legal authority Rabbi Joseph Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch. Werblowsky was a leading historian of Jewish mysticism, and the book remains a standard reference for reconciling Karo's public role as legal codifier with his private mystical experience. Its strength is direct engagement with Karo's own diary alongside his legal writing. Its limit is its age, over sixty years, though it has not been superseded on its core textual argument. This record's title was corrected in this pass from an invented variant to the book's real published title, confirmed against multiple independent bibliographic listings agreeing on the same title, author, publisher and year; the author, publisher and year were already accurate.
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R. J. Zwi Werblowsky's Joseph Karo: Lawyer and Mystic, Oxford University Press, 1962, the top tier reflecting a leading historian of Jewish mysticism's direct engagement with Karo's own mystical diary, the Maggid Mesharim, alongside his legal writing, remaining a standard reference despite its age of over sixty years, not superseded on its core textual argument. NotesScholarly study of the mystical visitations recorded by Rabbi Joseph Karo, Oxford University Press, 1962.
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AuthorR. J. Zwi Werblowsky
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1962
Source Typeacademic biography
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