Studies in Mysticism and Religion presented to Gershom G. Scholem on his Seventieth Birthday by Pupils Colleagues and Friends
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XII, 387, [1], (English text, with some French and German), 235, [1]pp (Hebrew text). Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Gershom G. Scholem. Original printed wrappers over tan cloth. Collection of essays written by eminent scholars such as Harry Austryn Wolfson, E. E. Urbach, Salo Baron, and many others, to commemorate Gershom G. Scholem on his 70th birthday. Scholem is widely regarded as the modern founder of the scholarly study of Kabbalah, becoming the first Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Spine of wrappers slightly sunned. Upper front corner of binding bumped, thus slightly affecting the first pages throughout. Text in English, French, German and Hebrew. Wraps and binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g. Item #28979
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