Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism (New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism)

Shaul Magid

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Publication Date: September 17th, 2019

Publisher:

Academic Studies Press

ISBN:

9781644691151

Pages:

580

Description

Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice.

About the Author

Shaul Magid is the Jay and Jeanie Schottensten Professor in the Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University and Kogod Senior Research Fellow at The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. He is a member of the American Academy of Jewish Research. His work spans the areas of Kabbalah, Hasidism, and Modern Jewish Thought and Culture.

Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism (New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism)

Description

About the Author

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