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7. More Besht Correspondence

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. Note to the Reader XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. CONTEXT
  7. 1 . Ba'al Shem Tov 11
  8. 2. Hasidism before Hasidism 27
  9. 3. A Country in Decline? 42
  10. 4. Mięzybόż: A Place in Time and Space 63
  11. 5. The Contentions of Life 83
  12. PART II. Texts
  13. 6. The Holy Epistle 97
  14. 7. More Besht Correspondence 114
  15. 8. Testimonies 127
  16. 9. Life Stories 143
  17. 10. Light from the Archives 159
  18. PART III. Images
  19. 11. A Person of His Time 173
  20. 12. From the Historical Besht to the Usable Besht: The Image of the Ba'al Shem Tov in Early Habad 187
  21. Notes 213
  22. Bibliography 279
  23. Index 297
Founder of Hasidism
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520916760-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. Note to the Reader XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. CONTEXT
  7. 1 . Ba'al Shem Tov 11
  8. 2. Hasidism before Hasidism 27
  9. 3. A Country in Decline? 42
  10. 4. Mięzybόż: A Place in Time and Space 63
  11. 5. The Contentions of Life 83
  12. PART II. Texts
  13. 6. The Holy Epistle 97
  14. 7. More Besht Correspondence 114
  15. 8. Testimonies 127
  16. 9. Life Stories 143
  17. 10. Light from the Archives 159
  18. PART III. Images
  19. 11. A Person of His Time 173
  20. 12. From the Historical Besht to the Usable Besht: The Image of the Ba'al Shem Tov in Early Habad 187
  21. Notes 213
  22. Bibliography 279
  23. Index 297
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