2018 - 2019

0616-4238-01
  The Besht as a Mystic                                                                                
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Prof. Menachem LorberbaumRosenberg - Jewish Studies208Wed1600-1800 Sem  1
Rosenberg - Jewish Studies208Wed1600-1800 Sem  2
 
 
University credit hours:  4.0

Course description

As is clear from his title Israel Baal Shem Tov founder of Hassidism  and know by the acronym, Besht was a celebrated magician and healer - a Ba'al Shem. The seminar will examine his profile as a mystic. We will read his own teachings as imparted by students who knew him personally -- and these text will be analysed against the background  of both Lurianic and Sabbatean Kabbalah.

 

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