The Besht [[electronic resource] ] : magician, mystic, and leader / / Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg
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The Besht [[electronic resource] ] : magician, mystic, and leader / / Immanuel Etkes ; translated by Saadya Sternberg
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| Pubblicazione: | Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press |
| Hanover, : University Press of New England, c2005 | |
| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-283-54068-1 |
| 9786613853134 | |
| 1-61168-306-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462333503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)