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Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'Al Shem Tov (Contraversions ; 5)
Founder of Hasidism A Quest for the Historical Ba'Al Shem Tov - Contraversions ; 5
Author: Moshe Rosman, University of California Press, Murray Jay Rosman
This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezerknown as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520201910
ISBN-10: 0520201914
Publication Date: 6/25/1996
Pages: 316
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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