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The Besht : magician, mystic, and leader / Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg.
Van Pelt Library BM755.I8 E8413 2005
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM755.I8 E8413 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Etkes, I.
- Series:
- Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
- The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
- Standardized Title:
- Baʻal ha-shem : ha-Beshṭ--magyah, misṭiḳah, hanhagah. English
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Baʻal Shem Ṭov, approximately 1700-1760.
- Baʻal Shem Ṭov.
- Jewish magic.
- Mysticism--Judaism.
- Mysticism.
- Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 342 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2005]
- Summary:
- Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism
- Contents:
- Magic and Miracle Workers in the Days of the Baal Shem Tov
- Israel Baal Shem
- A Leader of the Jewish People
- The Besht as Mystic and Pioneer in Divine Worship
- The Besht and His Circle
- The Historicity of Shivhei Habesht.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1584654228
- OCLC:
- 56318375
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