University of Oxford
Historical Theology
Christian Philosemitism in England from Cromwell to the Jew Bill, 1656-1753. A Study in Jewish and Christian Identity.
Notes on Christian Hebraists between 1450-1750, a brief biographical study.
Lewis Way (1776-1840), Jewish Emancipator and Christian Philosemite.
Jewish-Christian Relations in London. The enigma of Christian Cabala, Jewish and Christian mysticism, the Kabbalah, and the Baal Shem of London. The links between the Moravians and William Blake, and then Swedenborg, with the Kabbalah.
London experienced an eclectic mix of esoteric groups of spiritually minded seekers after privileged and secret knowledge around from 1740. One common theme uniting them was an interest in the various forms of the Kabbalah. As the... more
Christian and Jewish Religious Syncretism - Mysticism, Christian Cabbala and Freemasonry. Chapter 3.
Religious Syncretism in London 1753-1790. Christian Cabbala, Mysticism and Freemasonry.
's (1688-1772) early education in Sweden was significant because it included Hebrew, Judaism and the Kabbalah. This important element of his intellectual and spiritual formation has been substantially ignored to date, but it certainly... more
Book in progress: Jews and Christians in London between 1740 and 1790. The Challenge of Religious Syncretism from the Moravians, Rabbi Falk, Swedenborg and William Blake. Ch. 4. The Moravians in London. 'Kehillah' - Merging Judaism and... more
Book: Jews and Christians in London between 1740 and 1790.
Ch. 5 Conficted Jewish Identities. Rabbi Falk - Alchemy, the Kabbalah, Sabbatianism and Freemasonry. Contrasted with the Orthodox Rabbi, David Levi.
Ch. 5 Conficted Jewish Identities. Rabbi Falk - Alchemy, the Kabbalah, Sabbatianism and Freemasonry. Contrasted with the Orthodox Rabbi, David Levi.