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Eternity Now : Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady and Temporality /
"The Habad movement, born in eighteenth-century Belarus, has developed into one of the most influential streams of Hasidic Judaism. Drawing on both mystical sermons and legal writings of its founder, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745-1812), Eternity Now provides the first account of the histor...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Note on the Presentation of Source Materials
- Introduction. From the Preacher of Liozna to the "Messiah of Brooklyn" ; Habad and Temporality ; A Brief History of Jewish Time ; Sources ; This Book's Structure
- 1. Toward a Definition of Time. Setting the Stage ; Between an Eternal God and a Temporal World ; The Nature of Time ; Conclusion
- 2. History : From Creation to the End of Time. From Exile to Redemption ; The Exodus ; Toward the Advent of the Messiah ; Conclusion
- 3. The End of Days. The Double-ending Eschatology ; Limitations of Redemption : Gentile Nations in the World-to-come ; Messianic Age : Now and Then ; Beyond the Messianic Era : The Afterlife and the World-to-come ; Conclusion
- 4. Time and Religious Praxis. Torah Study : Between Halakhah and Mysticism ; Two Modes of Torah Study : Scholars and Laymen ; Torah Study Within the Daily Worship Cycle ; Habad : Hasidism For Householders and Tradespeople ; Conclusion
- 5. Time's Gender Twist. Female Imagery in Shneur Zalman's Theosophy ; The Temporal Female ; Between Theosophy and Life Praxis ; Conclusion
- Conclusion.