In praise of the Baal-Shem Tov
Subtitle: the earliest collection of legends about the founder of Hasidism = Shivḥei ha-Besht
By: translated & edited by Dan Ben-Amos & Jerome R. Mintz.
Contributors: Ben-Amos, Dan.; Mintz, Jerome R.; Dov Baer ben Samuel, of Linits.
Publisher: Schocken Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Baʻal Shem Ṭov, ca. 1700-1760 -- Legends.; Hasidim -- Legends.; Legends, Jewish.
Other titles: Shivḥei ha-Besht.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Translation of: Shivḥe ha-Beshṭ.
Originally compiled by Dov Baer ben Samuel, of Linits.
Reprint. Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1970.