Studies in the Zohar is a significant collection of academic essays written by Yehuda Liebes, a renowned scholar of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The book offers a critical, modern interpretation of the Zohar—the foundational 13th-century Kabbalistic text—by examining its theoretical, historical, and personal dimensions. Studies in the Zohar is regarded as an essential read for understanding the complexity of the Zohar's origin, its deep mystical theology, and its place in the history of Jewish thought.