On the Master-Disciple Relationship in Hasidic Visual Culture: The Life and Afterlife of Rebbe Portraits in Habad, 1798–2006

Abstract Scholarship on Hasidism typically utilizes literary source material of the dynastic leaders and their top disciples, while the more typical master/disciple relationship has escaped attention. Hasidic movements have produced, distributed, and voraciously consumed visual portraits of their le...

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Main Author: Katz, Maya Balakirsky (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2007
In: Images
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-79
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