Essential Papers on Hasidism: Origins to Present.
New York: New York University Press, 1991. First Edition. Softbound. Octavo, paper covers, xii, 546 pp., map, index. Very Good. Item #15039
ISBN: 0814734693
Articles are "On a Secret Society, and Therefore a Long Chapter," Solomon Maimon, "The Beginnings: The Baal Shem Tov (Besht) and the Center in Podolia," Simon Dubnow, "The Maggid of Miedzyrzecz, His Associates, and the Center of Volhynia (1760-1772)," Simon Dubnow, "The Origins of Hasidism and Its Social and Messianic Foundations," Benzion Dinur, "Miedzyboz and Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov," Murray Jay Rosman, "The Hasidic Movement - Reality and Ideals," Shmuel Ettinger, "Hasidic-Mitnaggedic Polemics in the Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe: The Hostile Phase," Mordecai L. Wilensky, "Devekut, or Communion with God," Gershom Scholem, "God and the Zaddik as the Two Focal Points of Hasidic Worship," Ada Rapoport Alpert, "Hasidic Prayer," Louis Jacobs, "Traditions and Customs in Hasidism," Aaron Wertheim, "Hasidism and Jewish Enlightenment," Raphael Mahler, "My Way to Hasidism," Martin Buber, "Hasidism in Modern Society," Stephan Sharot.
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