"An excellent overview of the history of Jewish mysticism from its early beginnings to contemporary Hasidism...scholarly and complex." -Library Journal "An excellent work, clear and solidly documented by Joseph Dan on Gershom Scholem and on his work." -Notes Bibliographiques "An excellent guide to Scholem's work." -Christian Century

An introduction to the artist and his work. "Although trained in the French fine-arts academy, throughout his long career he never painted like anyone else. A deeply religious man, he saw his work as a means of exploring spiritual and human truths, and his raw, searing pictures of prostitutes, clowns, judges, criminals and the working poor shocked the critics of his time. But, like his paintings on Christian themes, they also convey an uplifting message...