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1 online resource (xii, 440 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 39
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Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 39.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-419) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- CREDITS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION THE MESSIANIC ELEMENT IN HASIDISM -- CHAPTER ONE 8220;TIME DOES NOT ASSENT TO IT8221;8212;MESSIANIC STRAINSIN THE BESHT8217;S HOLY EPISTLE -- CHAPTER TWO THE ANNALS OF THE ZOLOCHEV DYNASTY -- CHAPTER THREE THE BEGINNING OF R. YEHIEL MIKHEL8217;S CAREER IN 5532 (1772) -- CHAPTER FOURLINKAGE -- CHAPTER FIVE A TIQQUN LEIL SHAVU'OT IN R. YEHIEL MIKHEL8217;S PRAYER HOUSE -- CHAPTER SIX ON THE CHARACTER OF THE GROUP -- CHAPTER SEVEN IYYAR 5541 (APRIL8211;MAY 1781)8212;THE DISSEMINATION OF THE TORAH8217;S MYSTERIES AND THE DEATH OF R. YEHIEL MIKHEL -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE SWEET FRUIT OF MESSIANISM -- CHAPTER NINE THE HASIDIC IMMIGRATION OF 5537 (1777) -- SUMMARY FROM ESOTERIC GROUP TO MASS MOVEMENT -- ANTHOLOGY DISCIPLES AND WRITINGS -- APPENDIX I THE BESHT8217;S HOLY EPISTLE8212;EDITIONS AND VERSIONS -- APPENDIX II HASIDIC CONDUCT LITERATURE INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE DESCENT FOR THE SAKE OF THE ASCENT -- CHAPTER TWO EQUANIMITY -- CHAPTER THREE TORAH STUDY -- CHAPTER FOUR PRAYER -- APPENDIX III FAMILY TREE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONALITIES. |
| 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. |
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| Subject |
Hasidism -- History.
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Hasidism. |
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History. |
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Hasidism -- Doctrines -- History.
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Hasidism -- Doctrines. |
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Jewish messianic movements.
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Jewish messianic movements. |
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Messiah -- Judaism.
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Messiah -- Judaism. |
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Hasidim -- Biography.
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Hasidim. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Sod ha-meshiḥi shel ha-Ḥasidut. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006060566
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Altshuler, Mor. Sod ha-meshiḥi shel ha-Ḥasidut. English. Messianic secret of Hasidism. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2006049914 |
| ISBN |
9047410831 (electronic book) |
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9789047410836 (electronic book) |
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1281400459 |
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9781281400451 |
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900415356X (alkaline paper) |
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9789004153561 |
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9789047410836 |
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