The Essential Kabbalah Author:Daniel C. Matt Kabbalah emerged as a distinct movement within Judaism in medieval Europe, adn from teh beginning it was both committed to traditional observance adn profoundly radical. The kabbalists made the fantastic claim that their mystical teachings derived from the Garden of Eden. The Essential Kabbalah offers insightful accounts of the primary aspects... more » of Jewish mysticism, including Ein Sof, the Sefirot and the Shekhinah.« less