Holy Dissent: Jewish and Christian Mystics in Eastern Europe

by Moshe Rosman and Glenn Dynner

Brings together highly regarded scholars of Jewish and Christian mysticism in Eastern Europe to analyze the overlap of mysticism in the two religions.

The religious communities of early modern Eastern Europe--particularly those with a mystical bent--are typically studied in isolation. Yet the heavy Slavic imprint on Jewish popular mysticism and pervasive Judaizing tendencies among Christian dissenters call into question the presumed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814335179
• ISBN13: 9780814335178
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"