The Religious Challenge of Neo-Hasidic Judaism: Contextualizing the Daniel Ambash Case
The worldview of the Na Nach and other neo-Hasidic movements is often perceived as a collective social threat by other groups in Israel. This paper explores the civil and social issues contributing to the public understanding of the Daniel Ambash case. The prim...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2018, Volume: 2, Issue: 6, Pages: 37-53 |
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Kabbalism / Kabbalah
B Daniel Ambash B Incarnation B Polygamy B Na Nach B Judaism B Reincarnation B Rabbi Israel Ber Odesser B Embodiment B Hasidism / Neo-Hasidism B Jewish Messianism |
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| Summary: | The worldview of the Na Nach and other neo-Hasidic movements is often perceived as a collective social threat by other groups in Israel. This paper explores the civil and social issues contributing to the public understanding of the Daniel Ambash case. The primary focus is on the theology that makes possible the miraculous claims of neo-Hasidic movements. I show that charisma is mediated through lineages set through theologies of embodiment and reincarnation. Thisis a radical challenge to conventional Judaism. The paper also addresses the contemporary situation of polygamy in Israel. Even more than theological disagreements, the practice of polygamy has potential to disrupt Israeli society, for it embroils Jews, Muslims, and secular people. Israel is responding to these issues through the Ambash prosecution. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.3 |