In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov
Translated by Dan Ben-Amos
Translated by Jerome R. Mintz
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1970
First written 1814–1815
About this text
An annotated English translation of the first collection of stories about the Baal Shem Tov, printed in Hebrew more than fifty years after his death: tales of his youth, his miracles, his disciples and his teaching, and the earliest source for his legend.
How to cite
In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov: Shivḥei ha-Besht. Translated by Dan Ben-Amos and Jerome R. Mintz. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1970.
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