Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship » (1st Edition)

Lawrence Fine is Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion at Mount Holyoke College. His most recent book is Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages Through the Early Modern Period (ed).

This is a study of Isaac Luria (1534-72), one of the most remarkable and influential figures of late-medieval and early-modern Jewish mysticism. It looks primarily at Luria as a real historical figure, in the context of his relationship with his circle of disciples in the Galilean city of Safed, the great center of kabbalistic thought and teaching.

Boston Herald

(A) gripping journey from self-consciousness to self-discovery...(Readers will) close the book with a new ear attuned to the world.