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Book Title: Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism And Twentieth-C...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 7.3in
Author: Moshe Idel
Publication Name: Old Worlds, New Mirrors : on Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts Ser.
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
