Naftali Loewenthal

Dr Naftali Loewenthal, born in Haifa in 1944, lectures in Jewish Spirituality at UCL. He studied Hebrew Literature and Jewish History at UCL, followed by a PhD on Hasidism. He is the author of Communicating the Infinite: the Emergence of the Habad School and many scholarly articles on Hasidism.
Jewish Mysticism

Jewish Mysticism is concerned with the infinity of meaning embedded in the sacred text and with grasping the divine being which transcends the boundaries of time and space. The Jewish mystical tradition is expressed in a huge diverse library written in the course of the last three millennia. Its content could be divided into two major focuses: one is known as Chariot and Temple Mysticism, and one is known as Kabbalah and Messianism.