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Chapter 23 - The Rise of Hasidism

from Part II - Themes and Trends in Early Modern Jewish Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

By
Moshe Rosman
Edited by
Jonathan Karp  and
Adam Sutcliffe
Jonathan Karp
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Binghamton
Adam Sutcliffe
Affiliation:
King's College London
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The Cambridge History of Judaism , pp. 625 - 651
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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