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IMMANUEL ETKES is the Bella and Israel Unterberg Professor of History of the Jewish People and Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. A prolific author, Etkes has published in Hebrew several works on major religious movements in the modern period including Hasidism and the Musar movement. He has published critically acclaimed monographs on the lives of major Jewish religious figures, including the The Gaon of Vilna: The Man and His Image (2002).

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"Different understandings and portrayals of the Besht abound in the works of scholars . . . Etkes's book makes an important and valuable contribution to our understanding and in many ways goes beyond the efforts of previous scholars."--Allan Nadler "Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter"

"Etkes' book is less of a biography than an analysis, an attempt to understand who and what the Besht was within the context of his times . . . I was particularly intrigued and impressed by the section on the Besht as a mystic and a pioneer."--Allan Nadler "Jewish Book World"

"Etkes' full control of the relevant historical and religious material makes this a major study that will influence all subsequent discussion."-- "Choice"

"Immanuel Etkes has produced a major, highly erudite re-evaluation of the Besht that both clarifies and clearly contextualizes the work of many earlier scholars, and as well presents a well-documented and deeply learned portrait of the still-mysterious Israel Baal Shem Tov. This book is essential reading for those working in the field of East European Judaism, as well as for anyone interested in the origins and early history of Hasidism."--Allan Nadler "The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies"

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