Rabbi, mystic, or impostor? : the eighteenth-century Ba'al Shem of London /
The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for generations. Eighteenth-century London was fascinated by Jews, and as a miracle-worker and adventurer, well connected and well read, Falk had much to offer. Interest in the man was f...
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Liverpool University Press : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
[2020]
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