Studies in Eastern European Mysticism (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 272pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed illustrated dust jacket. Red top edge. A collection of 16 articles, 8 of them previously unpublished on Hasidism by the late Joseph Weiss, a leading scholar in the field. The articles focus on Hasidism's origins and its founder R. Israel Baal Shem Tov. While Weiss died young, his work proved highly influential in later scholarship. Some of the essays are translated from German. Several pages slightly creased. Overall in very good condition. vg. Item #35810
ISBN: 0197100341
Price: $65.00
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