Another Parallel to the Maenadism of the Bacchae: Hasidism in Modern Jewry

E. R. Dodds, in his article “Maenadism in the Bacchae,” notes a number of parallels in other cults to the Dionysiac practices mentioned in Euripides' Bacchae. His list of parallels, while long, is by no means intended to be exhaustive; and it is proposed here to point out still another — the da...

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Main Author: Feldman, Louis H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1949
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1949, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-67
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Summary:E. R. Dodds, in his article “Maenadism in the Bacchae,” notes a number of parallels in other cults to the Dionysiac practices mentioned in Euripides' Bacchae. His list of parallels, while long, is by no means intended to be exhaustive; and it is proposed here to point out still another — the dancing and ecstasy characteristic of that unique movement in modern Jewry known as Hasidism.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000019593