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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A. Introduction -- A Spiritual Portrait of R. Abraham Alexander ha-Kohen of Kalisk -- B. Teaching Stories II -- R. Abraham of Kalisk along the Journey to the Promised Land -- C. Reader's Guide -- 1. R. Abraham Kalisker's Concept of Communion with God and Man -- 2. From Mythos to Ethos: Contours of a Portrait of R. Abraham of Kalisk -- 3. Moving Mezrich: The Legacy of the Maggid and the Hasidic Community in the Land of Israel -- 4. Theology, Succession, and Social Structure in the Dispute between R. Abraham Kalisker and R. Shne'ur Zalman -- 5. R. Abraham Kalisker's Critique of Tanya -- 6. The Doctrine of R. Abraham Kalisker: The Path to Communion as the Legacy of the Bnei 'Aliyah -- 7. Genotextual Performance between Tzaddiqim in Tiberias: R. Abraham of Kalisk's Encounter with Reb Nachman of Bratzlav -- D. Chesed le-Abraham (Selected Homilies) -- Translators' Introduction -- Glossary -- Index of Names -- Index of Sources -- Hebrew Critical Edition |
| Summary |
Tiberian Hasidism provides a model of an intensive contemplative life that is particularly appealing to contemporary spiritual seekers for many reasons. This volume focuses on the teachings of R. Abraham haCohen of Kalisk ripe for excavation, offering an authentic roadmap to future contemplative pathways ripe for our age |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 12, 2021) |
| Subject |
Abraham ben Alexander Katz, of Kalisk, 1741-1810.
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Abraham ben Alexander Katz, of Kalisk, 1741-1810 |
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Hasidism.
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Hasidism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Kabbalah & Mysticism.
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Hasidism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Glazer, Aubrey L., editor.
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Polen, Nehemia
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| ISBN |
1644694573 |
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9781644694572 |
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