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Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor? - The Eighteenth-Century Ba'al Shem of London (Hardcover)
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Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor? - The Eighteenth-Century Ba'al Shem of London (Hardcover)
Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of
London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for enerations.
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.
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