Founder of Hasidism : a Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov.

Moshe Rosman's award-winning research supplies the history behind the legend of the Ba'al Shem Tov and thus changes the master-narrative of hasidism.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosman, Moshe
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The, 2013.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Baʻal Shem Ṭov, > approximately 1700-1760. Baʻal Shem Ṭov, > approximately 1700-1760 1700-1799 Hasidim > Ukraine > Biography. Rabbis > Ukraine > Biography. Hasidism > History > 18th century. Hasidim Hasidism Rabbis Ukraine Biographies History
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Note to the Reader; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; PART I: CONTEXT; 1. Ba'al Shem Tov; 2. Hasidism before Hasidism; 3. A Country in Decline?; 4. Międzybóz: A Place in Time and Space; 5. The Contentions of Life; PART II: TEXTS; 6. The Holy Epistle; 7. More Besht Correspondence; 8. Testimonies; 9. Life Stories; 10. Light from the Archives; PART III: IMAGES; 11. A Person of His Time; 12. From the Historical Besht to the Usable Besht: The Image of the Ba'al Shem Tov in Early Habad; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R
ST; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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