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Weiss - East European Jewish Mysticism book coverStudies in East European Jewish Mysticism and Hasidism
Joseph Weiss
Edited by David Goldstein

Author Information - Contents - Reviews - Publication Details

read more about this book'A skilful and judicious reading of frequently tendentious and contentious Hasidic sources. This work will be of interest to historians of religion in general, and to students of the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe in particular.'
John D. Klier, Slavonic Review

A classic text for all those interested in Jewish religious developments in eastern Europe, this paperback has a new introduction locating Weiss's work in the context of contemporary scholarship and the current resurgence of hasidism.

With a new Introduction by Joseph Dan

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Joseph Weiss was Professor of Jewish Studies, University College London, from 1966 until his death in 1969.

Joseph Dan is Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Format

21.5 x 13.5 cm / 5.5" x 8.5"

Pages 296 pages
ISBN 978-1-874774-32-7
Price £14.95 / $24.95
Date of publication 1997

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