Holy dissent : Jewish and Christian mystics in Eastern Europe / edited by Glenn Dynner ; foreword by Moshe Rosman.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--Judaism.

History.

Mysticism--Catholic Church--History.

Mystics--Europe, Eastern--History.

Mystics.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Sabbathaians--History.

Sabbathaians.

Cabala.

Hasidism--Europe, Eastern.

Hasidism.

Mysticism--Catholic Church.

Eastern Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 406 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Jewish and Christian mystics in Eastern Europe

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2011]

Contents:

I Jewish Mystics in a Christian World

"You Will Find It in the Pharmacy": Practical Kabbalah and Natural Medicine in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1690-1750 / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan 13

ShvarLze khasene: Black Weddings among Polish Jews / Hanna Wegrzynek Wegrzynek, Hanna 55

R. Israel Ba'al Shem Tov "In the State of Walachia": Widening the Besht's Cultural Panorama / Moshe Idel Idel, Moshe 69

Hasidism and Habitat: Managing the Jewish-Christian Encounter in the Kingdom of Poland / Glenn Dynner Dynner, Glenn 104

The Rise and Decline of a Hasidic Court: The Case of Rabbi Duvid Twersky of Tal'noye / Paul Radensky Radensky, Paul 131

II Christianizing Jews, Judaizing Christians

Immanuel Frommann's Commentary on Luke and the Christianizing of Kabbalah: Some Sabbatean and Hasidic Affinities / Elliot R. Wolfson Wolfson, Elliot R. 171

The Peril of Heresy, the Birth of a New Faith: The Quest for a Common Jewish-Christian Front against Frankism / Pawel Maciejko Maciejko, Pawel 223

From Poland to London: Sabbatean Influences on the Mystical Underworld of Zinzendorf, Swedenborg, and Blake / Marsha Keith Schuchard Schuchard, Marsha Keith 250

Me'ayin yavo 'ezri?: The Help of Jacob Frank and His Daughter, Ewa / Harris Lenowitz Lenowitz, Harris 281

Judaism and Jewish Influences in Russian Spiritual Christianity: The Practices of the Early Dukhobors and the Prophecies of Maksim Rudometkin / J. Eugene Clay Clay, J. Eugene 309

In Search of the Millennium: The Convergence of Jews and Ukrainian Evangelical Peasants in Late Imperial Russia / Sergei I. Zhuk Zhuk, Sergei I. 334

The Religious World of Russian Sabbatarians (Subbotniks) / Nicholas Breyfogle Breyfogle, Nicholas 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814335179

9780814335178

OCLC:

701495624

Publisher Number:

99946276351