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Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov - Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society
Moshe Rosman
Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov - Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society
Moshe Rosman
Uncovers the historical Israel ben Eliezer - known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht - the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism.
316 pages, 1 halftone, 3 maps, 1 table
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 25, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780520201910 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 316 |
Dimensions | 159 × 241 × 28 mm · 635 g |
Language | English |