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200 14$aThe Besht $emagician, mystic, and leader /$fImmanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aWaltham, Mass. $cBrandeis University Press ;$aHanover $cUniversity Press of New England$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (359 p.)
225 1 $aThe Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-58465-422-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-337) and index.
327   $aTitle 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
330   $aNow available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism
410  0$aTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
606   $aJewish magic
606   $aMysticism$xJudaism
606   $aLeadership$xReligious aspects$xJudaism
615  0$aJewish magic.
615  0$aMysticism$xJudaism.
615  0$aLeadership$xReligious aspects$xJudaism.
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