Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 273 pages) |
Contents |
Some notes on the social background of early Hasidism -- A circle of pneumatics in pre-Hasidism -- Contemplative mysticism and "Faith" in Hasidic piety -- Torah study in early Hasidism -- Via passiva in early Hasidism -- The Kavvanoth of Prayer in early Hasidism -- Petitionary prayer in early Hasidism -- Contemplation as solitude -- Contemplation as self-abandonment in the writings of Hayyim Haika of Amdura -- R. Abraham Kalisker's concept of communion with God and men -- The authorship and literary unity of the 'Darkhei Yesharim' -- The Saddik : altering the divine will -- The Hasidic way of Habad -- Some notes on ecstasy in Ḥabad Hasidism -- A late Jewish utopia of religious freedom -- Sense and nonsense in defining Judaism : the strange case of Naḥman of Brazlav |
Summary |
Joseph Weiss (1933-69) was committed to identifying and describing the mystical element in Hasidism and to unravelling the spiritual and historical meaning of the Hasidic movement. The studies in this volume, most of them written more than 40 years ago, are still quoted in every serious study of Hasidism. The introduction by Joseph Dan examines Weiss's scholarship in the context of subsequent academic research and in the resurgence of Hasidism since World War II. He concludes that many of Weiss's studies are as relevant to understanding developments in the contemporary Hasidic world as they are for understanding the emergence and growth of Hasidism in the eighteenth century |
Bibliography |
Includes notes with bibliographic references at chapter ends, and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Hasidism.
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Hasidism -- History
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Hasidism -- Philosophy.
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Hasidism -- Customs and practices.
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Hasidism.
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Hasidism -- Philosophy
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Hasidism -- Customs and practices
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Hasidism
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Genre/Form |
Instructional and educational works
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History
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Instructional and educational works.
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Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Goldstein, David, 1933-1987, editor.
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Dan, Joseph, 1935-2022, author of introduction.
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ISBN |
9781909821866 |
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1909821861 |
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