Religiöse Strömungen im Judentum. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Chassidismus (Religious Movements in Judaism. With Special Consideration of Hasidism) [INSCRIBED]
Bern und Leipzig: Ernst Bircher Verlag, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed "Herrn Dr. H. Feilchenfeld zur freundlichen Erinnerung. S. A. Horodezky Berlin, 26.1.38" on verso of front free endpaper. Quarto. xii, 260pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Collection of essays dedicated to Hasidism, the religious, mystical movement in Judaism. The so-called Jewish Romanticism has undergone similar phases as the Kabbalah, encountered persecution and misunderstanding but saw a Renaissance in the beginning of the 20th Century. Just as in Russia, the cradle of Hasidism, its become the subject of writers and thinkers in Germany. Due to misinterpretation the author set out to present a view of Hasidism based on original sources and works of its founders. With annotations at rear. Text in German. Wraps with light wear along edges and some staining due to water exposure. Spine reinforced with small transparent tape stripes at head and tail of spine. Lightly starting at title page. Block age-toned. good- to good. Item #48421
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