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



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Autore: Etkes I Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Besht : magician, mystic, and leader / / Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press
Hanover, : University Press of New England, c2005
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
Disciplina: 296.8/332/092
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Soggetto topico: Jewish magic
Mysticism - Judaism
Leadership - Religious aspects - Judaism
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
Titolo autorizzato: The Besht  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-54068-1
9786613853134
1-61168-306-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818563203321
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Serie: Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)