Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1929. / Vita. Published also without thesis note. "Although our treatise bears no special name in the manuscripts but is designated merely as a part [the ninth] of the 'Comprehensive guide for the servants of God', which, in the words of our author is supposed to be a book based on the foundations of fear, and love of God, yet we have entitled it 'The high ways to perfection' because that phrase best describes the nature of its contents."--P. 10. "Text and translation": p. [129]-213.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1929. / Vita. Published also without thesis note. "Although our treatise bears no special name in the manuscripts but is designated merely as a part [the ninth] of the 'Comprehensive guide for the servants of God', which, in the words of our author is supposed to be a book based on the foundations of fear, and love of God, yet we have entitled it 'The high ways to perfection' because that phrase best describes the nature of its contents."--p. 10. "Text and translation": p. [129]-213.

Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH ve-hanhagot yesharot: The Influence of Non-Lurianic Kabbalah on East-European Hasidism of Modern Age Mgr. Antonín Šedivý This dissertation thesis consists of Introduction, three chapters, and Conclusion. Furthermore, it includes name index, list of traditional Jewish sources used in the second chapter, list of sources, literature and other relevant resources, and four supplements. The Introduction of this dissertation deals with several issues important for its research. First of all, the East-European Hasidism is introduced, then follows very thorough overview of current state of knowledge of Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH ve-hanhagot yesharot, and the definition of goals, hypothesis, and methods of this dissertation, and finally, it also contains technical notes about the dissertation thesis. The first chapter "Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH ve-hanhagot yesharot" is devoted solely to Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH, which is the central point of my dissertation. It is divided into chapters that are dedicated to fundamental information about Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH, to its content, to its place within Hasidic literary collection, and to its reflexion by the opponents of Hasidism. The second chapter "Translation and Commentary of Selected Texts of Tzava'at Ha-RIBaSH" contains translation and short commentary of fifty-one selected...