Differing perspectives on the appropriate penalty for Adolph Eichmann further illuminate differences between the two authors. Whereas Arendt felt that Eichmann should be executed, Scholem was opposed, fearing that his execution would serve to alleviate the Germans' collective sense of guilt. Awards and recognition In 1958, Scholem was awarded the Israel Prize in Jewish studies. In 1968, he was elected president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 1969, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award. In 1977, he was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought. Literary influence Various stories and essays of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges were inspired or influenced by Scholem's books. He has also influenced ideas of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, Harold Bloom, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, and George Steiner. American author Michael Chabon cites Scholem's essay, The Idea of the Golem, as having assisted him in conceiving the Pulitzer-Prize winning book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Chaim Potok's The Book of Lights features a lightly disguised Scholem as "Jacob Keter." Selected works in English Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, 1941 Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and the Talmudic Tradition, 1960 Arendt and Scholem, "Eichmann in Jerusalem: Exchange of Letters between Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt", in Encounter, 22/1, 1964 The Messianic Idea in Judaism and other Essays on Jewish Spirituality, trans. 1971 Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1973 From Berlin to Jerusalem: Memories of My Youth, 1977; trans. Harry Zohn, 1980. Kabbalah, Meridian 1974, Plume Books 1987 reissue: Walter Benjamin: the Story of a Friendship, trans. Harry Zohn. New York: Schocken Books, 1981. Origins of the Kabbalah, JPS, 1987 reissue: On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah, 1997 The Fullness of Time: Poems, trans. Richard Sieburth On Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism Zohar — The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah, ed. On History and Philosophy of History, in "Naharaim: Journal for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History", v, 1–2 (2011), pp. 1–7. On Franz Rosenzweig and his Familiarity with Kabbala Literature, in "Naharaim: Journal for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History", vi, 1 (2012), pp. 1–6. See also Martin Buber Abraham Joshua Heschel Joseph Dan Rachel Elior Arthur Green References Further reading Avriel Bar-Levav, On the Absence of a Book from a Library: Gershom Scholem and the Shulhan Arukh. Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish