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Gulkowitsch, Lazar : Der Hasidismus; Religionswissenschaftlich Untersucht

Leipzig; E. Pfeiffer, 1927

good condition; FT) Paper wrappers. 8vo. 81 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In German. The dissertation in philosophy of Lazar Gulkowitsch, presented under the auspices of the Publications of the Research Institute for Comparative Religious History at the University of Leipzig, Series 2, issue 6. Lazar Gulkowitsch (1898-1941) was an eminent Jewish Studies scholar, chair of the Jewish Studies department at Leipzig in the 1920’s and 1930’s. “Hasidism, religious studies examined” is a historical exposition of Hasidism with an emphasis on the study of mysticism, a tendency Gulkowitsch was critical of. He published, in the last few years of his life, three longer studies on different aspects of Hasidism, studies which scholars consider more thorough then this first well known study from 1927, which have never been republished and are hard to obtain. Subjects: Hasidism. Chassidismus. Appears to have been bound in with other material at some point. Paper wrappers loose, covers lightly soiled. First signature loose, last signature shaken. Pages aged, but clean. Good + condition. (GER-33-18)

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