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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818563203321

Autore

Etkes I

Titolo

The Besht : magician, mystic, and leader / / Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press

Hanover, : University Press of New England, c2005

ISBN

1-283-54068-1

9786613853134

1-61168-306-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series

Disciplina

296.8/332/092

B

Soggetti

Jewish magic

Mysticism - Judaism

Leadership - Religious aspects - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 | Magic and Miracle Workers in the Days of the Baal Shem Tov; 2 | Israel Baal Shem; 3 | A Leader of the Jewish People; 4 | The Besht as Mystic and Pioneer in Divine Worship; 5 | The Besht and His Circle; 6 | The Historicity of Shivhei Habesht; Conclusion | The Besht and the Founding of Hasidism; Appendix I | Magic and Miracle Workers in the Literature of the Haskalah; Appendix II | The Besht's Epistle; Appendix III | The Versions of the Besht's Epistle; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism