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Hasidism : a new history

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This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demons... Read more
Contents
Introduction: Hasidism as a modern movement -- Section 1. Origins: The Eighteenth Century -- Part I. Beginnings : -- 1. Hasidism's birthplace -- 2. Ba'al Shem Tov: founder of Hasidism? -- 3. From circle to court: the Maggid of Mezritsh and Hasidis... Read more
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x, 875 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher
Princeton University Press 2018

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