Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 40:2. Abraham J. Heschel (ed. Samuel H. Dresner), The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov: Studies in Hasidism. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1985. xiv, 213 pp. £23.75. Heschel examines in rich detail all that is known or claimed to be known about four charismatic figures belonging in…
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