The messianic secret of Hasidism
This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings after the failure of their 1740-1781 attempts...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2006
|
| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Reviews: | Hasidei de'ar‘a and Hasidei dekokhvaya’ (2008) (Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan, 1962 -)
|
| Series/Journal: | Brill's series in Jewish studies
v. 39 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hasidism
History
B Messias B Messiah ; Judaism B Electronic book B RELIGION ; Judaism ; General B Hasidism B Chassidisme B History B Jewish messianic movements B Biographies B Hasidim Biography B Hasidim B Hasidism ; Doctrines B Chassidismus B Messiah Judaism B Messianisme B Hasidism Doctrines History |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Messianic secret of Hasidism: |
| Summary: | This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings after the failure of their 1740-1781 attempts to hurry redemption. The book opens with the Besht, the legendary founder of Hasidism, and continues with the first Hasidic court, founded by one of his prominent disciples, the preacher of Zlotshov. The group's redemptive activities are revealed through their mystical rituals, their self-image as representatives of the ten Sefirot, and the status of their leader, the Righteous One, as a vivid symbol of the divine influx. The book is especially important for scholars and students of Judaism as well as scholars of mysticism and messianism, seeking to comprehend the transformation of an mesianic circle of devotees into a mass movement that changes the culture of an entire nation |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-419) and indexes Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (xii, 440 p) |
| ISBN: | 9047410831 9789047410836 |
