Elliot R. Wolfson

Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Author of several monographs on Jewish thought and mysticism that have contributed to the reception of this tradition into the intellectual fields of theory and philosophy. Writes about this corpus of Jewish literature in a way that enables scholars to assess the significance of Jewish mystical thought for intellectual history and contemporary philosophy. Contrasts the study of Jewish mysticism in relation to Christianity and Islam as well as similar patterns in Buddhism.