The mystical origins of hasidism /
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.
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
2006.
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| Edition: | English edition. |
| Series: | Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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Table of Contents:
- 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.