RARE authoritative biography of one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) - the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar. Contains numerous b&w plates. 245x175mm. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover and cover corners rubbed. Cover edges and spine upper edge slightly bumped. Spine bottom edge bumped/wrinkled. This extremely rare faithful description of the life and ideals of one of the greatest modern Jewish thinkers and leaders is otherwise in very good condition.