Kabbalah and Catastrophe
Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish Mysticism
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2024-10-22
- Mått152 x 229 x 27 mm
- Vikt689 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieStanford Studies in Jewish Mysticism
- Antal sidor362
- FörlagStanford University Press
- ISBN9781503640214
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