The light of the eyes : homilies on the Torah /

"This is the first complete and academic English translation of the Me'or 'Eynayim ("The Light of the Eyes"), a collection of Hasidic homilies following the order of the Torah portions, written by Rabbi Menachem Nochum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730-1797). First published in 179...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nahum, of Chernobyl, approximately 1730-approximately 1797
Otros Autores: Green, Arthur, 1941- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Colección:Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism.
Temas:
Bible. > Pentateuch > Commentaries > Early works to 1800.
Talmud > Commentaries > Early works to 1800.
Talmud > Commentaires > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Talmud
Bible. > Pentateuch
Hasidism > Early works to 1800.
Hassidisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Hasidism
Commentaries
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview : what is Hasidism?
  • Setting the stage : Ashkenazic piety before Hasidism
  • The Baʻal Shem Ṭov and his disciples
  • Around the Maggid's table : the circle in Miedzyrzecz biography
  • The Meʼor ʻeynayim : description and publication history
  • The theology of the Meʼor ʻeynayim
  • The Ṣaddiq in the Meʼor ʻeynayim
  • The last Chernobyl dynasty
  • Approbation by Rabbi Yiṣḥaq of Berdichev
  • Sefer Meʼor ʻeynayim
  • Addendom : Yesamaḥ Lev on the Tractate Avot
  • Translator's reflection: The enduring value of the Meʼor ʻeynayim.

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