Published by New York University Press, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0814734693 ISBN 13: 9780814734698
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, paper covers, xii, 546 pp., map, index 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.