The dybbuk : its origins and history / Morris M. Faierstein.
| Author/creator | Faierstein, Morris M. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Albany : State University of New York Press, [2024] |
| Description | xi, 227 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2023045139 |
| ISBN | 9781438497952 |
| ISBN | 1438497954 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |