Defender of the Faithful – The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv
Brandeis University Press (Verlag)
9781684581016 (ISBN)
Defender of the Faithful explores the life and thought of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (1740–1809), one of the most fascinating and colorful Hasidic leaders of his time. This is an intellectual and religious biography, a reading of the development of his thought and career. Featuring examples of Levi Yitshak’s extraordinary texts alongside insightful analysis by scholar and theologian Arthur Green, Defender of the Faithful is a compelling study of both Levi Yitshak’s theology and broader philosophy.
Arthur Green was founding dean and is recently retired as rector of the Rabbinical School and the Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is professor emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. His books include Tormented Master: A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav; The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology; A New Hasidism: Branches; and Judaism for the World: Reflections on God, Life, and Love, for which he was awarded a National Jewish Book Award.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Levi Yits?ak as Hasidic Leader
1. The Life and Times of an Eighteenth-Century Rabbi
2. Levi Yits?ak in the Maggid’s Circle: The Challenge of Leadership
3. First Steps: The Evidence of Shemu‘ah Tovah
4. The Hasidic Tsaddik and the Quest for Models
5. The Mezritch Circle: A Later Look
Part II: Mystic Disciple and Teacher
6. Translating the Transcendent
7. The Mystic and the Religious Revival
8. The Question of Miracles
9. An Emerging Religious Personality
10. Power and Pleasure in Serving God
11. Defending the Commandments
12. Interpreting Torah
13. Looking into the Future?
Abbreviations Used in Notes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.11.2022 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 596 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781684581016 / 9781684581016 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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