In Praise of Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht
the Earliest Collection of Legends About the Founder of Hasidism)
In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov is the first complete English translation of the tales surrounding the Besht, a rabbi and kabbalistic practitioner whose teachings bolstered the growing Hasidic movement in the eighteenth century. An important source on the life, philosophy, and mystical works of the Besht, In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov also reveals the daily life and concerns of eastern European Hasidic Jews in the late 1700s.
Specificaties
| ISBN/EAN | 9781568211473 |
| Auteur | Dan Ben-Amos |
| Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Uitvoering | Gebonden in harde band |
| Pagina's | 365 |
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