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Dubnow, Simon. “The Beginnings: The Baal Shem Tov (Besht) and the Center in Podlia.” In Essential Papers on Hasidism: Origins to Present.

Edited by Gershon David Hundert, 25–57. New York and London: New York University Press, 1991.

Dubnow (b. 1860–d.

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1941) was the founder of research on Hasidism. This article was originally a chapter of his Hebrew book Toldot Hahasidut (1931)—the first and only attempt to write a comprehensive history of Hasidism up to 1815. This article includes biographical notes of Besht’s life and leadership. Some of his conclusions were later challenged, but the scope of this study gives it enduring worth.

Etkes, Immanuel.

The Besht: Magician, Mystic, and Leader.

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Translated by Saadya Sternberg. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2012.

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