Hasidism incarnate : Hasidism, Christianity, and the construction of modern Judaism / Shaul Magid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magid, Shaul, 1958- author.

Series:

Encountering traditions.

Encountering traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hasidism--Doctrines.

Hasidism.

Incarnation.

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Judaism--History--Modern period, 1750-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 271 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

'Hasidism Incarnate' argues that much of modern Judaism in the west developed under what it calls a 'Christian gaze', that is, reacting to Christianity by defending Judaism, positing that Judaism is unlike Christianity. This is done, ironically, while modern Judaism is being constructed as quite similar to Christianity in terms of its ethos, aesthetics, and attitude toward ritual and faith. Hasidism, unlike Judaism in Western Europe, is not developing under a 'Christian gaze' and thus does not need to be apologetic of its positions.

Contents:

Introduction : incarnation and incarnational thinking

Divinization and incarnational thinking in Hasidism: an overview

Charisma speaking: uniqueness, incarnation, and sacred language (lashon ha-kodesh) in Nahman of Bratslav's self-fashioning

Jewish ethics through a Hasidic lens: incarnation, the law, and the universal

Malkhut as kenosis: malkhut and the zaddik in Yaʻakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezritch's Shaʻarei Gan Eden

"Brother where art thou?": reflections on Jesus in Martin Buber and the Hasidic master R. Shmuel Bornstein of Sochaczev

Liberal Judaism, Christianity, and the specter of Hasidism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804793469

0804793468

OCLC:

1198931620