Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov

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dc.contributor.authorBen-Amos, Dan
dc.contributor.authorBen-Amos, Dan
dc.date2023-05-17T18:38:36.000
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dc.date.issued2001-01-01
dc.date.submitted2017-09-19T10:42:44-07:00
dc.description.abstractTales of rainmaking, healing, and the magical supply of provisions are part of the biblical narrative tradition. Elijah the Prophet, and later his disciple Elisha, end drought (1 Kings 18; 2 Kings 3:14-21), offer hope and cure to barren women, revive their children when they die (1 Kings 17:17-24; 2 Kings 4:8-37), and magically provide for the needy (1 Kings 17:8-16; 2 Kings 4:1-7). Elisha, whose reputation as a healer spread beyond the boundaries of Israel, cures a leper and transfers his disease to another, morally inferior, person (2 Kings 5). Trafficking with demons and ghosts in the Bible is restricted to non-Israelite mediators of the supernatural, and is forbidden to the Israelites (Exod. 22:17; 1 Sam. 28:7). The Book of Tobit (one of the books of the Apocrypha) provides accounts of magical cures and demonic exorcisms, yet it does not glorify any individuals as healers.
dc.identifier.citation<p>Ben-Amos, D. (2001). Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov. In Fine, L. (Ed.), <em>Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period</em>, pp. 498-512. Princeton University Press.</p>
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dc.legacy.articleid1126
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dc.rights<p>“Israel Ben-Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov,” by Dan Ben-Amos, (pp.498-512) in Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period, edited by Lawrence Fine. Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University Press. This selection may not be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior permission from the publisher. <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7169.html" target="_blank">http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7169.html</a>.</p>
dc.source.beginpage498
dc.source.endpage512
dc.source.issue54
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (NELC)
dc.source.journaltitleJudaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.otherBiblical Studies
dc.subject.otherCultural History
dc.subject.otherHistory of Religion
dc.subject.otherJewish Studies
dc.subject.otherNear and Middle Eastern Studies
dc.titleIsrael ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov
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