Zeev GriesZeev Gries is Professor in the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. He taught previously at the Hebrew University Jerusalem and Boston University, and has been a visiting scholar at the Britih Library, the University of Washington, Seattle, Harvard University, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He published numerous articles on Jewish ethical literature, hasidism and the history of the Jewish book. His other books are 'Conduct Literature' (Regiman Vitae) and 'The Book in Early Hasidism.' Read More Read Less