Founder of Hasidism - A Quest for the Historical Ba''al Shem Tov

Informationen zum Autor Moshe Rosman teaches Jewish History at Bar Ilan University and is the author of The Lords' Jews: Magnate-Jewish Relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1990)! among other works. Klappentext "The only scholarly book! in any language! that deals with the figure of the Besht in a detailed! profound! and very documented manner. Dr. Rosman has mapped the background of the life and activity of the Besht! using unknown material! penetrating analysis! and a broader perspective regarding Jewish history in Poland. . . . A very remarkable achievement."-Moshe Idel! Hebrew University "The subject is crucial; the approach is bold and brilliantly chosen. The result is a persuasive revision of a fundamental chapter in the Jewish experience."-Gershon Hundert! McGill University Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Moshe Rosman, Murray Jay Rosman, Rosman Moshe
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.1996
• EAN: 9780520201910
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20191-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Contraversions: Critical Studi; Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, mysticism, Judaism