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Hasidism and the Jewish Enlightenment: Their Confrontation in Galicia and Poland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
by Mahler, Raphael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0827602332
- ISBN 13
- 9780827602335
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Jewish Publication Society, 1985. Originally published in Yiddish and Hebrew, this is a classic study of Hasidism and the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment, movements that clashed in the early 19th century and contributed to the shaping of modern Jewish culture; the author, born in Galicia, received a doctorate in history from the University of Vienna, did research on the history of Polish Jewry, and later settled in Israel where he became professor of Eastern European Jewish History at the University Tel Aviv and a leading member of Mapam, the left-wing Labor-Zionist party; translated from Yiddish by Eugene Orenstein, and from Hebrew by Aaron and Jenny Klein (black cloth with yellow lettering is slightly cocked; black pictorial dust jacket with photo of Polish synagogue on the front, author's photo on the back; a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003075
- Title
- Hasidism and the Jewish Enlightenment: Their Confrontation in Galicia and Poland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Mahler, Raphael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0827602332
- ISBN 13
- 9780827602335
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- NOAMZ
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