The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.

The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.

Major Trends [is] the canonical modern work on the nature and history of Jewish mysticism. For a sophisticated understanding, not only of the dynamics of Jewish mysticism, but of the exquisite complexities of Jewish history and tradition, Major Trends is a major port of entry through which one must pass.