Jeremy Phillip Brown is Jordan H. Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Notre Dame.

"Jeremy Brown identifies the key motivation behind the composition of the Zohar: stimulating a pietistic revival. Rather than mysticism, the Zohar's message is 'pietism.' The mystical elements - along with the ancient disguise and enchanting Aramaic - are deployed to inspire an ethical transformation. An eloquent and bold book." - Daniel Matt, author of the annotated translation, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition "Jeremy Brown's work on piety in Castilian kabbalah of the thirteenth century is a landmark contribution, reframing the very purpose of the writings of Moses de León and of the central text of Jewish mysticism, The Zohar." - Joel Hecker, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

• 1. Revival of Ancient Piety2. Kill or Be Killed: Spiritual Assassination and the Normalization of Ascetic Values3. Thirteen Attributes of Compassion: Judeomorphism and the Fidelity of Mimesis4. Making Other People: Formative Aspirations of Zoharic Piety5. Pietism and the History of Kabbalah

Jeremy Phillip Brown is Jordan H. Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Notre Dame.

"Jeremy Brown identifies the key motivation behind the composition of the Zohar: stimulating a pietistic revival. Rather than mysticism, the Zohar's message is 'pietism.' The mystical elements - along with the ancient disguise and enchanting Aramaic - are deployed to inspire an ethical transformation. An eloquent and bold book." - Daniel Matt, author of the annotated translation, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition "Jeremy Brown's work on piety in Castilian kabbalah of the thirteenth century is a landmark contribution, reframing the very purpose of the writings of Moses de León and of the central text of Jewish mysticism, The Zohar." - Joel Hecker, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

• 1. Revival of Ancient Piety2. Kill or Be Killed: Spiritual Assassination and the Normalization of Ascetic Values3. Thirteen Attributes of Compassion: Judeomorphism and the Fidelity of Mimesis4. Making Other People: Formative Aspirations of Zoharic Piety5. Pietism and the History of Kabbalah

Jeremy Phillip Brown is Jordan H. Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Notre Dame.

"Jeremy Brown identifies the key motivation behind the composition of the Zohar: stimulating a pietistic revival. Rather than mysticism, the Zohar's message is 'pietism.' The mystical elements - along with the ancient disguise and enchanting Aramaic - are deployed to inspire an ethical transformation. An eloquent and bold book." - Daniel Matt, author of the annotated translation, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition "Jeremy Brown's work on piety in Castilian kabbalah of the thirteenth century is a landmark contribution, reframing the very purpose of the writings of Moses de León and of the central text of Jewish mysticism, The Zohar." - Joel Hecker, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

• 1. Revival of Ancient Piety2. Kill or Be Killed: Spiritual Assassination and the Normalization of Ascetic Values3. Thirteen Attributes of Compassion: Judeomorphism and the Fidelity of Mimesis4. Making Other People: Formative Aspirations of Zoharic Piety5. Pietism and the History of Kabbalah