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The texts presented here are excerpted from a 329-page-manuscript Divrei Binah in cursive Hebrew entitled Divre binah. The book was completed in 1800 but never published. It is devoted mostly to the Sabbatian and Frankist phenomena; the genre to which the text belongs is open to discussion. Its author is Dov Ber Brezer or Birkenthal of Bolechów (1723-1805) in western Galicia.

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  • Divrei Bina (Understanding Words) by Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów

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22-8-2011 9:30 AM

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University of Texas at Austin


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Aug 22nd, 9:30 AM

Mining an Unusual Ego Text (or Two)

University of Texas at Austin

The texts presented here are excerpted from a 329-page-manuscript Divrei Binah in cursive Hebrew entitled Divre binah. The book was completed in 1800 but never published. It is devoted mostly to the Sabbatian and Frankist phenomena; the genre to which the text belongs is open to discussion. Its author is Dov Ber Brezer or Birkenthal of Bolechów (1723-1805) in western Galicia.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

  • Divrei Bina (Understanding Words) by Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów

http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/emw/emw2011/emw2011/3