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GILLER, P., Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El. Oxford University Press, 2008. 216p. Hardback. Pinchas Giller has filled in a major gap in Kabbalah studies with this meticulously researched and beautifully written account of the most influential school of practicing Jewish mystics in the contemporary world. Giller chronicles the development of the Beit El School from its founding in Jerusalem during the eighteenth century by the Yemenite kabbalist Shalom Shar'abi up to the present. He sheds light on its thought, its praxis, its key figures, and their literary creativity, and he masterfully places it all within the wider context of Kabbalah history and scholarship. The clarity with which Giller is able to present abstruse mystical doctrines without in any way vulgarizing or compromising the material is truly impressive. This is and -- no doubt -- will remain for a long time to come the authoritative work on the subject. Norman A. Stillman, Schusterman-Josey Professor of Judaic History, University of Oklahoma (Publisher's information). € 129.08 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780195328806