The Legend of the Baal-Shem by Martin Buber, translated by Maurice Friedman

Condition: Good – Light wear to cover corners and edges, mild shelf wear, no writing or highlighting. Stamp from 'Cath Order at Wildomar, Inc.' on inside page

Softcover, Princeton University Press, Mythos Series, First Princeton Paperback printing for the Mythos series, 1995

ISBN: 0-691-04389-2

Jewish philosopher Martin Buber's classic on the spiritual leader Baal-Shem, founder of Hasidism, with insightful stories and analysis

Original English publication copyright 1955 by Harper & Row; this edition reprinted by arrangement with the Estate of Martin Buber

Features cover illustration by Mane Katz: The Rabbi, showing a rabbi carrying the Torah scroll and a young boy

Pages printed on acid-free paper, made in the USA

Includes introduction and twenty stories about the life and teachings of the Baal-Shem

Essential reading for those interested in world mythology, Jewish history, philosophy, and Hasidic tradition