The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah

by Eli Yassif

Book Overview

Jewish life through the legends created and narrated in Safed in the sixteenth century.

In 1908, Solomon Schechter--discoverer of the Cairo Geniza and one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America--published his groundbreaking essay on the city of Safed (Tzfat) during the sixteenth century. In the essay, Schechter pointed out the exceptional cultural achievements (religious law, moral teaching, hermeneutics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814346847
• ISBN13: 9780814346846
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"