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Hasidism Reappraised.
This volume is arranged under seven headings: the social history of Hasidism; the social functions of the mystical ideals; distinctive schools of thought within Hasidism; the Hasidic tale; the history of Hasidic historiography; contemporary Hasidism; and present research on Hasidism.
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London :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Joseph G. Weiss as a Student of Hasidism; 1: Joseph G. Weiss: A Personal Appraisal; 2: Joseph Weiss: Letters to Ora; Part II: Towards A New Social History of Hasidism; 3: The Conditions in Jewish Society in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Middle Decades of the Eighteenth Century; 4: Social Conflicts in Międzybóz in the Generation of the Besht; 5: Hasidism and the Kahal in Eastern Europe; 6: Hasidism after 1772: Structural Continuity and Change
- 7: The Hasidic Managing Editor as an Agent of CulturePart III: The Social Function of Mystical Ideals in Hasidism; 8: The Zaddik: The Interrelationship between Religious Doctrine and Social Organization; 9: The Paradigms of Yesh and Ayin in Hasidic Thought; 10: Walking as a Sacred Duty: Theological Transformation of Social Reality in Early Hasidism; 11: Hasidism and the Dogma of the Decline of the Generations; 12: Personal Redemption in Hasidism; 13: Hasidism as a Socio-religious Movement on the Evidence of Devekut; Part IV: Distinctive Outlooks and Schools of thought within Hasidism.
- 14: The Influence of Reshit hokhmah on the Teachings of the Maggid of Mezhirech15: Torah Lishmah as a Central Concept in the Degel Mahaneh Efrayim of Moses Hayyim Ephraim of Sudylkow; 16: The Teachings of R. Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk; 17: Habad Approaches to Contemplative Prayer, 1790-1920; 18: The Fluidity of Categories in Hasidism: Averah Lishmah in the Teachings of R. Zevi Elimelekh of Dynow; 19: R. Naphtali Zevi of Ropczyce ('the Ropshitser') as a Hasidic Leader; Part V: The Hasidic Tale; 20: New Light on the Hasidic Tale and its Sources.
- 21: The Source Value of the Basic Recensions of Shivhei haBeshtPart VI: The History of Hasidic Historiography; 22: The Imprint of Haskalah Literature on the Historiography of Hasidism; 23: The Historiography of the Hasidic Immigration to Erets Yisrael; 24: Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem on Hasidism: A Critical Appraisal; 25: Yitzhak Schiper's Study of Hasidism in Poland; Part VII: Contemporary Hasidism; 26: Hasidism: The Third Century; 27: Differences in Attitudes to Study and Work between Present-day Hasidim and Mitnaggedim: A Sociological View.
- Part VIII: The Present State of Research on Hasidism: An Overview28: Early Hasidism: Some Old/New Questions; 29: The Study of Hasidism: Past Trends and New Directions; Index; Bibliography.