Daniel C. Matt

Author of The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism

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About the Author

Daniel C. Matt is a leading authority on Jewish mysticism. For over twenty years, he served as Professor of Jewish Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also taught at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition

Works by Daniel C. Matt

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The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism (1995) 1,537 copies, 9 reviews

Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality) (1982) 300 copies, 1 review

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 1 (2003) — Translator — 233 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 2 (2004) — Translator — 143 copies

God & the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science & Spirituality (1996) 130 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 3 (2005) — Translator — 125 copies, 1 review

Zohar: Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations) (2002) 106 copies, 3 reviews

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 4 (2007) — Translator — 104 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 5 (2009) — Translator — 80 copies

Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality) (2002) 72 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 6 (2011) — Translator — 69 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 7 (2012) — Translator — 59 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 8 (2014) — Translation and commentary — 57 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 9 (2016) — Translator — 49 copies

Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives) (2022) 25 copies, 1 review

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, (Vol. 1, 2, 3) 5 copies

Zohar: The Masterpiece of Kabbalah with Facing Page Commentary That Brings the Text to Life for You (Skylight… 5 copies

Zohar: un'antologia commentata del massimo testo cabbalistico (2011) 4 copies

Der Urknall: Der GEIST hinter der Schöpfung (German Edition) (2015) 1 copy

The Zohar Pritzker Edition (Complete in 12 Volume Set) 1 copy

The Zohar-Pritzker Edition, Vols. 1 & 2 1 copy

Yeshua the Hasid 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 10 (2016) — General Editior — 45 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 11 (2016) — General Editior — 39 copies

The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy (1990) — Contributor — 38 copies

The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 12 (2017) — General Editor — 38 copies

Tao Te Ching, The Bhagavad-Gita, The Tibetan Book of The Dead, The Essential Rumi, The Essential Kabbalah, & The Way of… (1997) — Translator — 2 copies

Daniel C. Matt : Cosmology and consciousness [video recording] (2010) — Guest — 1 copy

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Legal name: Matt, Daniel Canaan
Birthdate: 1950-12-19
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Berkeley, California, USA
Jerusalem, Israel
Education: Ph.D., Brandeis University
Occupations: Rabbi
Author
Lecturer
Translator
professor
Organizations: Stanford University
Graduate Theological Union
Hebrew University
Brandeis University

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Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish… by Daniel C. Matt

The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition

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HandelmanLibraryTINR | Nov 2, 2022 |

The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C. Matt

Interesting, but I lost interest halfway through. Perhaps I'll pick this up again down the road.

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neilneil | 8 other reviews | Dec 7, 2020 |

The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel Chanan Matt

This books provides a pretty good overview of Kabbalah. If you are a casual reader who may know little of this religious tradition, this may be the book for you. The introductory material is pretty good in laying out some background and history. The rest of the book presents selections from Kabbalistic texts. Overall, the language is pretty accessible. I think Judeo-Christian folks may find some connections here too. The text provides a nice sense of the spirituality of Kabbalah as well as its valuing of the pursuit of knowledge and truth. In the end, I am glad I read it as I learned a few new things.… (more)

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bloodravenlib | 8 other reviews | Aug 17, 2020 |