Imagining holiness : classic Hasidic tales in modern times /

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Hasidic tales are often read as charming expressions of Jewish spirituality. This title offers a radical reappraisal of how we think of Hasidic tales, calling into question received notions of authenticity. It focuses on the neglected Hasidic literature of the early 20th century - primarily the work...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Justin Jaron, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 52.
Temas:
Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua > Buenos Aires
Hasidim > Legends.
Hasidism.
Jewish legends.
Hassidim > Légendes.
Hassidisme.
Légendes juives.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Hasidim
Hasidism
Jewish legends
Religiöse Literatur
Jüdische Literatur
Chassidismus
Erzählung
Prosa
Ostjuden.
Legends
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART ONE: A Taste of Hasidic Tales
  • Blessing the Moon
  • The Candle
  • Protection from Fire; Husband and Wife Reunited
  • The Ecstasies of Rebbe Levi Isaac of Berdichev
  • A Journey with Rebbe Moses Leyb of Sasov
  • The Spot of Sugar
  • Forgetting the Mishnah
  • The Butcherâ€?s Blessing
  • The Reluctant Rabbi
  • To Be a Leader
  • Wedding Presents
  • PART TWO: In the Marketplace: The Stories in Context
  • 1 Preliminary Questions
  • 2 Authors and Books
  • 3 Historical Context
  • 4 Literary Context
  • 5 Issues of Authenticity6 The Status of the Stories
  • PART THREE: Holy Men and Holy Books: The Tales, the Talmud, and Jewish Law
  • 7 Study and Storytelling
  • 8 Râ€?Hayimâ€?s Strange Blessings
  • PART FOUR: “The World as It Isâ€?: Materiality and the Body
  • 9 “Taste the Food on My Plateâ€?
  • 10 The Changeling
  • 11 Eydl of Brody: Stories against Stories
  • 12 The Naked Rebbe
  • PART FIVE: The Wounded Body
  • 13 Scorched by His Glowing Coal
  • 14 A Paradox That No One Can Solve
  • AFTERWORD
  • APPENDIX: Names and Dates
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES

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