02717nam 2200673Ia 450 991081856320332120240313093900.01-283-54068-197866138531341-61168-306-8(CKB)2670000000246584(EBL)1085042(OCoLC)810533726(SSID)ssj0000700975(PQKBManifestationID)11399970(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000700975(PQKBWorkID)10670838(PQKB)10369097(OCoLC)814507298(MdBmJHUP)muse21481(Au-PeEL)EBL1085042(CaPaEBR)ebr10603780(CaONFJC)MIL385313(MiAaPQ)EBC1085042(EXLCZ)99267000000024658420040816d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Besht magician, mystic, and leader /Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg1st ed.Waltham, Mass. Brandeis University Press ;Hanover University Press of New Englandc20051 online resource (359 p.)The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58465-422-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-337) and index.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; IndexNow available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of HasidismTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)Jewish magicMysticismJudaismLeadershipReligious aspectsJudaismJewish magic.MysticismJudaism.LeadershipReligious aspectsJudaism.296.8/332/092BEtkes I936103Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818563203321The Besht4018300UNINA