The Origins of Hasidism -- The Hasidic Library -- Mystical Societies and the Spread of Hasidism Internalizing and Reviving the Kabbalistic Myth -- The Hasidic Concept of Language The Window in the Word -- Israel Ba'al Shem Tov's Uniqueness Myth, Bibliography, Facts, and Image -- The Hasidic Revolution -- Hasidism in the Context of its Time -- The Unity of Opposites Being and Nothingness -- "For indeed all is null and void" Transcending Being -- The Doctrine of the Tsadik -- Mystical Spirituality and Autonomous Leadership -- Israel Ba'al Shem Tov and Jacob Frank Hasidism and Shabateanism -- Scholarship on Hasidism Changing Perspectives -- Summary
Summary
Discussion of the mystical underpinnings of the hasidic spiritual revival and its social implications highlights the eighteenth century as a key period in modern Jewish history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-241) and indexes
Notes
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