Format:
xxx, 352 Seiten
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0253140501
Uniform Title:
Shivḥe ha-Beshṭ
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Translators' Note -- Introduction -- The Printer's Preface -- The Writer's Preface -- 1. Rabbi Eliezer -- 1a. Rabbi Eliezer: A Second Version -- 2. Rabbi Eliezer and the Viceroys Daughter -- 3. The Birth of the Besht -- 4. The Besht's Education and Youth -- 5. Rabbi Adam and the King's Banquet -- 6. The New Coat of Rabbi Adam's Wife -- 7. The Secret Manuscripts and Rabbi Adam's Son -- 8. The Besht's Marriage -- 9. The Besht and the Robbers -- 10. The Vengeful Robber -- 11. The Besht's Journey to the Holy Land -- 12. The Besht and the Frog -- 13. The Besht Serves as Rabbi Gershon's Coachman -- 14. The Besht Reveals Himself -- 15. The Besht Reveals Himself to the Sect of the Great Hasidim -- 16. The Besht Locks up the Secret Manuscripts -- 17. The Beginning of the Writer's Manuscript -- 18. Fingernails -- 19. The Besht's Seclusion -- 20. The Besht Exorcises a Madwoman -- 21. The Besht's Prayer Produces Rain -- 22. The Besht Cures a Madman -- 23. The Besht Exorcises Demons from a House -- 24. The Innkeeper's Death -- 25. The Besht Attracts Followers -- 26. The Besht and the Physician -- 27. The Besht Predicts a Need for Bloodletting -- 28. Rabbi Gershon, the Besht, and the Zohar -- 29. Elijah the Prophet Reveals Himself to the Besht -- 30. The Stolen Horse -- 31. The Besht Reveals Himself to Rabbi David of Kolomyya -- 32. The Melamed's Dream -- 33. The Delayed Homecoming -- 34. The Besht's Trembling in Prayer -- 35. The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Second Version -- 36. The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Third Version -- 37. The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fourth Version -- 38. A Sincere Prayer -- 39. The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fifth Version -- 40. The Dream of Rabbi Joseph Ashkenazi -- 41. The Besht in the Messiah's Heavenly Palace -- 42. The Palace of the Bird's Nest ....
Language:
English
Author information:
Ben-Amos, Dan 1934-
Author information:
Dov Ber ben Shemuʾel
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