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The Hasidic Tale
Translated from the Hebrew by Edward Levin
Author Info - Contents - Publication Details
Story-telling has been an integral part of the hasidic movement from its inception. Stories about the hasidic leaders and their mystical powers attracted followers and maintained their devotion, and still do so today. This important work, based on analysis of all the published anthologies of such stories, presents them by theme and traces their origins. Originally published in Hebrew and expanded for this edition, it makes a fascinating contribution to the history of hasidism, of Hebrew literature, and of Jewish popular culture.
Gedalyah Nigal is Emeritus Professor of the Literature of the Jewish People, Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of Magic, Mysticism and Hasidism: The Supernatural in Jewish Thought (1994), as well as several annotated editions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century collections of hasidic tales, critical editions of seminal early hasidic speculative works, a study of Jewish spirit-possession narratives, and many essays
| Format | 23.5 x 15.5 cm / 6" x 9" |
| Pages | 482 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-904113-07-2 |
| Price | £39.50 / $65.00 |
| Date of publication | 1 May 2008 |
© The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2008