Hartman`s Moshe Idel wins 2007 National Jewish Book Award
Shalom Hartman Institute Senior Research Fellow Prof. Moshe Idel has been named winner of the prestigious 2007 Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award for Scholarship from the Jewish National Book Awards for his new book, "Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism."
January 17, 2008
January 17, 2008
Shalom Hartman Institute Senior Research Fellow Prof. Moshe Idel has been named winner of the prestigious 2007 Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award for Scholarship from the Jewish National Book Awards for his new book, "Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism."
The book is part of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Jewish Studies, a new English language book series jointly developed by Shalom Hartman Institute and Continuum International Publishing House.
"Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism" constitutes the first attempt to address the category of "sonship" in Jewish mystical literature, revealing the vastness of this category. Idel’s work not only clarifies the mystical forms of sonship in Judaism, but also enriches the concept of sonship in religion in general.
Prof. Idel is no stranger to awards and prizes. He has won the Israel Prize for excellence in the field of Jewish philosophy, the EMET prize, the Koret prize and others. Prof. Idel previously won a National Jewish Book Award prize in 1998.
The Jewish National Book Award awards ceremony will take place March 4 in New York City. The awards are administered by the Jewish Book Council, the only organization in the U.S. Jewish community exclusively devoted to promoting Jewish literature.
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