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Author Rosman, Moshe

Title Founder of Hasidism : a Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov
Edition 2nd ed
Published London : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (369 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Note to the Reader; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; PART I: CONTEXT; 1. Ba'al Shem Tov; 2. Hasidism before Hasidism; 3. A Country in Decline?; 4. Międzybóz: A Place in Time and Space; 5. The Contentions of Life; PART II: TEXTS; 6. The Holy Epistle; 7. More Besht Correspondence; 8. Testimonies; 9. Life Stories; 10. Light from the Archives; PART III: IMAGES; 11. A Person of His Time; 12. From the Historical Besht to the Usable Besht: The Image of the Ba'al Shem Tov in Early Habad; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R
ST; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Moshe Rosman's award-winning research supplies the history behind the legend of the Ba'al Shem Tov and thus changes the master-narrative of hasidism
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Subject Baʻal Shem Ṭov, approximately 1700-1760.
SUBJECT Baʻal Shem Ṭov, approximately 1700-1760 fast
Subject Hasidim -- Ukraine -- Biography
Rabbis -- Ukraine -- Biography
Hasidism -- History -- 18th century
Hasidim
Hasidism
Rabbis
Ukraine
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781909821118
190982111X