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The Maiden of Ludmir : A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World /
Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as a rebbe--or charismatic leader--in h.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: Ansky Visits Ludmir
- 1. A Dybbuk Trilogy, or How the Maiden of Ludmir Became a Literary Figure
- 2. Writing the Maiden
- 3. Afterlives: Remembering the Maiden
- 4. The Curse, the Cossacks, and the Messiah: Ludmir Before the Maiden
- 5. Birth and Childhood
- 6. Love and Death
- 7. The Maiden Possessed
- 8. False Male and Woman Rebbe?
- 9. The Witch-hunt in Ludmir
- 10. The Wedding and Its Aftermath
- 11. In the Holy Land
- Conclusion: Tracing the Maiden
- Afterword: Journey to Ludmir
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.