Originally published in Modern Judaism 5.1 (Feb. 1985): 95-104. A major theme in Scholem’s writings on Hasidism is the relationship between Hasidic thought and Kabbalah. All the early Hasidic works use Kabbalistic terms and vocabulary, the Hasidic masters undoubtedly believing in the Kabbalah as revealed truth. Yet Hasidism is not simply a later development of…