IDEL, MOSHE

(b. 1944)

Israeli scholar of Romanian origin. Born in Targu Neamt, Romania, he emigrated to Israel in 1963. He served as professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University and as a visiting professor at Yale, Harvard and Princeton. His works includeKabbalah:New Perspectives and Messianic Mystics,Hassidism:Between Ecstasy and MagicandFrom Midrash to Kabalah.