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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520201914
ISBN-139780520201910
eBay Product ID (ePID)199253
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
Publication NameFounder of Hasidism : a Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectJudaism / General, Judaism / Orthodox
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion
AuthorMoshe Rosman
SeriesContraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-035641
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number5
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal296.8332092
SynopsisThis book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering 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. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understand him is to understand an essential element of modern Jewish life and religion. Because evidence about his life is scanty and equivocal, the Besht has long eluded historians and biographers. Much of what is believed about him is based on stories compiled more than a generation after his death, many of which serve to mythologize rather than describe their subject. Rosman's study casts a bright new light on the traditional stories about the Besht, confirming and augmenting some, challenging others. By concentrating on accounts attributable directly to the Besht or to contemporary eyewitnesses, Rosman provides a portrait drawn from life rather than myth. In addition, documents in Polish and Hebrew discovered by Rosman during the research for this book enable him to give the first detailed description of the cultural, social, economic, and political context of the Ba'al Shem Tov's life., This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering 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. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understand him is to understand an essential element of modern Jewish life and religion. Because evidence about his life is scanty and equivocal, the Besht has long eluded historians and biographers. Much of what is believed about him is based on stories compiled more than a generation after his death, many of which serve to mythologize rather than describe their subject. Rosman's study casts a bright new light on the traditional stories about the Besht, confirming and augmenting some, challenging others. By concentrating on accounts attributable directly to the Besht or to contemporary eyewitnesses, Rosman provides a portrait drawn from life rather than myth. In addition, documents in Polish and Hebrew discovered by Rosman during the research for this book enable him to give the first detailed description of the cultural, social, economic, and political context of the Ba'al Shem Tov's life.
LC Classification NumberBM755.I8R66 1996
