Early Circle of the Baal Shem Tov | Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

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About this record

Early Circle of the Baal Shem Tov is cataloged as a Lineage / school within Jewish Mysticism. Its public geographic context is “Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned” and its period or origin is “c. 1730s–1760; later Hasidic reception.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Formative Hasidism.”

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Record fields

Alternate / historical names: Baal Shem Tov’s Early Hasidic Circle; Besht’s circle; Circle of Israel ben Eliezer; Proto-Hasidic circle of the Besht
Parent tradition: Formative Hasidism
Public geographic context: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: c. 1730s–1760; later Hasidic reception
Living / historical status: Historical formative circle
Access / protocol: Open / public
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Geography

Candidate

Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

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Source 1academic.oup.com

Source 2cambridge.org

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Early Circle of the Baal Shem Tov. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0800. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0800

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