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Eitan P. Fishbane

Eitan P. Fishbane is an associate professor of Jewish thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). His most recent book is The Art of Mystical Narrative: A Poetics of the Zohar (Oxford University Press).

Fall 2019

Happy Is the People Who Knows the Blast

Rabbi Moshe Hayim Efrayim of Sudilkov, Eitan P. Fishbane

Rabbi Moshe Hayim Efrayim of Sudilkov learned Torah with his grandfather the Ba’al Shem Tov, who later visited him in dreams. In the Degel Machaneh Efrayim, he gave the shofar blast a radical Hasidic meaning.

Fall 2018

The Book of Radiance

Eitan P. Fishbane

Daniel Matt’s massive new English edition of the Zohar is not only a great translation, it is also one of the great commentaries on the classic work of Jewish mysticism. Insofar as it is possible, Matt has brought the unfathomable, mysterious, and poetic depths of this “book of radiance” to the English reader.