02891nam 2200745Ia 450 991096660270332120200520144314.097866138531349781283540681128354068197816116830661611683068(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(Perlego)2236628(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.9781611683080 1611683084 9781584654223 1584654228 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.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966602703321The Besht4356452UNINA