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Book Title: The Scandal Of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Earl...
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Scandal of Kabbalah : Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Judaism / History, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Modern / General, Jewish
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Yaacob Dweck
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
