The dybbuk : its origins and history / Morris M. Faierstein.

Author/creator Faierstein, Morris M. author.
Format Book
PublicationAlbany : State University of New York Press, [2024]
Descriptionxi, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions. ^A327192
Contents 1. The Theoretical Origins of the Dybbuk Concept -- 2. Dybbuk Possession in Safed in the Sixteenth Century -- 3. The Published Dybbuk Accounts in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century -- 4. The Dybbuk in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century -- the Age of the Baʻalei Shem -- 5. Rabbi Israel Baʻal Shem Tov and Hasidism.
Abstract "A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk , from Talmudic story to kabbalistic tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2023045139
ISBN9781438497952
ISBN1438497954 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book