STUDIES IN JEWISH MYSTICISM: PROCEEDINGS OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, AND MCGILL UNIVERSITY IN APRIL, 1978

Cambridge, Mass. : Association for Jewish Studies, 1982. Item #41851

1st editon, original cloth, 8vo. X+220 pages. 24 cm. Contents: Mysticism in Jewish history, religion and literature / Joseph Dan -- Was Philo a mystic? / David Winston -- Jewish Merkavah mysticism and Gnosticism / Ithamar Gruenwald -- Hasidei Ashkenaz private penitentials : an introduction and descriptive catalogue of their manuscripts and early editions / Ivan Marcus -- The emergence of mystical prayer / Joseph Dan -- Response to Joseph Dan / Lawrence Kaplan -- Nahmanides' symbolical reading of history / Amos Funkenstein -- Response to Amos Funkenstein / David Lieber -- A philosophical-mystical interpretation of a Shi`ur Qomah text / David R. Blumenthal -- Response to David R. Blumenthal / Alti B. Rodal -- The function of the enigmatic in two Hasidic tales / Arnold J. Band. SUBJECT(S): Mysticism -- Judaism -- Congresses. Conference papers and proceedings. OCLC: 7795454. Top right corner slightly dented, else Very Good Condition. (AC-7-15).

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