Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic

Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.

Author: Moshe Idel
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/17/1995
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.04w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780791417348

About the Author
Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid; Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia; The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia; and Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah, all published by SUNY Press.

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