Legends of the Hasidim: An Introduction to Hasidic Culture and Oral Tradition in the New World

by Jerome R. Mintz

This study of the New York Hasidim was originally published in 1968 by the University of Chicago. The author, a professor of anthropology and Jewish Studies, explores the relaitonship of the community to its legends and examines the legends for their cultural content.

472 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 1968