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The Schocken Book of Jewish Mystical Testimonies
by Jacobs, Louis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0805241434
- ISBN 13
- 9780805241433
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Schocken Books, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xx, 329pp. Green cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on spine in original printed illustrated dust jacket. A collection of English translations of texts recounting mystical experiences. Includes writings by Abraham Abulafia, Joseph Karo, Hayyim Vital, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, Ba'al Shem Tov and Dov Baer of Lubavich. Foreword by Karen Armstrong. Head and tail of spine bumped. Bottom edge bumped. Dj head creased. Overall in very good condition.
Synopsis
Louis Jacobs is the author of The Oxford Companion to the Jewish Religion, as well as many other books on Judaism and Jewish mysticism.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29709
- Title
- The Schocken Book of Jewish Mystical Testimonies
- Author
- Jacobs, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805241434
- ISBN 13
- 9780805241433
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Heavenly Throne, Pardes, Ten Sefirot, Beth El School in Jerusalem, Gaon of Vilna, Yihudim
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- VG
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