Founder of Hasidism
A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov
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5 released booksContraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society
Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1910 with contributions by Honoré de Balzac, Daniel Boyarin, and Michael André Bernstein.
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An interesting book, but extremely scholarly – not for the reader more interested in a biography of the Besht's life. Most of the book is devoted to an in depth analysis of the various sources of evidence available to us that relate to the Besht. The take away is more what we don't know, than what we do.