Rabbi, mystic, or impostor? : the eighteenth-century Ba'al Shem of London
- Author/Creator:
- Oron, Michal, author
- Publication/Creation:
- London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2021
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Rabbi, mystic, or impostor? : the eighteenth-century Ba'al Shem of London / Michal Oron ; translated by Edward Levin ; introduction by Todd M. Endelman
- Series Titles:
- Liverpool scholarship online
Liverpool scholarship online.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Levin, Edward (Translator), translator
Liverpool University Press, associated with work
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- collective biographies
Biographies - Subjects:
- De Falk, Samuel Hayyim,approximately 1710-1782
De Falk, Samuel Hayyim,approximately 1710-1782--Diaries
Jews--England--London--History--18th century
Mystics--England--London--History--18th century
London (England)--Intellectual life--18th century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- I. A brief history of Ba'alei Shem -- II. A biography of Samuel Falk -- III. Falk's activities according to the diary of Zevi Hirsch -- IV. Samuel Falk as seen by Jacob Emden -- V. Samuel Falk and the Freemasons -- VI. The diaries and their research -- The diary of Zevi Hirsch of Kalisz -- The Diary of Samuel Falk.
- Summary:
- The diaries of the eighteenth-century miracle-working Jew Samuel Falk and his assistant, here thoroughly annotated and with a scholarly introduction and informative appendixes, offer an intriguing glimpse of eighteenth-century London and its burgeoning Jewish community on the threshold of the modern era.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- Tranlsated from the Hebrew.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- General Note:
- Translated from the Hebrew.
Published in association with Liverpool University Press.
This translation previously issued in print: 2020.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937448297302486
- ISBN:
- 1-80034-329-9
1-78962-424-X
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