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Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor? - Michal Oron

Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor?

The Eighteenth-Century Ba'al Shem of London

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Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2025
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization (Verlag)
9781835539996 (ISBN)
CHF 52,90 inkl. MwSt
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 further aroused by rumours of his dealings with European aristocrats and other famous characters, as well as with scholars, Freemasons, and Shabbateans, but evidence was scanty. Michal Oron has now brought together all the known source material on the man, and her detailed annotations of his diary and that of his assistant give us rich insights into his activities over several years. We learn of his meetings and his travels; his finances; his disputes, his dreams, and his remedies; and lists of his books. We see London’s social life and commerce, its landed gentry and its prisons, and what people ate, wore, and possessed. The burgeoning Jewish community of London and its religious practices, as well as its communal divisiveness, is depicted especially colourfully. The scholarly introductions by Oron and by Todd Endelman and the informative appendices help contextualize the diaries and offer an intriguing glimpse of Jewish involvement in little-known aspects of London life at the threshold of the modern era.

Translated by Edward Levin

With an introduction by Todd M. Endelman

Michal Oron (deceased) was Professor Emerita of Jewish Mysticism, Department of Hebrew Literature, Tel Aviv University.

Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text


Translator’s Note


Note on the Editing of the Diaries


Introduction to the English Edition


            Todd M. Endelman


INTRODUCTION


I. A Brief History of Ba’alei Shem


II. A Biography of Samuel Falk


III. Falk’s Activities According to the Diary of Zevi Hirsch


IV. Samuel Falk as Seen by Jacob Emden


V. Samuel Falk and the Freemasons


VI. The Diaries and Their Research


THE DIARIES


The Diary of Zevi Hirsch of Kalisz


The Diary of Samuel Falk


APPENDICES


A. People Featuring Prominently in the Diaries


B. Falk’s Dreams


C. The Letter of Sussman Shesnowzi to His Son


D. The Letter of Jacob Emden


E. Falk’s Library


F. Falk’s Will


Glossary


Bibliography


Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 368 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Judentum
ISBN-13 9781835539996 / 9781835539996
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