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Essential papers on Hasidism : origins to present / edited by Gershon David Hundert.

Contributor(s): Hundert, Gershon David, 1946-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Essential papers on Jewish studies: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Description: xi, 546 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0814734693 (alk. paper); 0814734707 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Hasidism -- HistoryDDC classification: 296.8/332/09 LOC classification: BM198 | .E85 1991Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8) and index.
Contents:
On a secret society, and therefore a long chapter / Solomon Maimon -- The beginnings : the Baal Shem Tov (Besht) and the center in Podolia / Simon Dubnow -- The Maggid of Miedzyrzecz, his associates, and the center in Volhynia (1760-1772) / Simon Dubnow -- The origins of Hasidism and its social and Messianic foundations / Benzion Dinur -- Miedzyboz and Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov / Murray Jay Rosman -- The Hasidic movement : reality and ideals / Shmuel Ettinger -- Hasidic-Mitnaggedic polemics in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe : the hostile phase / Mordecai L. Wilensky -- Devekut, or communion with God / Gershom Scholem -- God and the Zaddik as the two focal points in Hasidic worship / Ada Rapoport-Albert -- Hasidic prayer / Louis Jacobs.
Traditions and customs in Hasidism / Aaron Wertheim -- Hasidism and the Jewish enlightenment / Raphael Mahler -- My way to Hasidism / Martin Buber -- Hasidism in modern society / Stephen Sharot.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8) and index.

On a secret society, and therefore a long chapter / Solomon Maimon -- The beginnings : the Baal Shem Tov (Besht) and the center in Podolia / Simon Dubnow -- The Maggid of Miedzyrzecz, his associates, and the center in Volhynia (1760-1772) / Simon Dubnow -- The origins of Hasidism and its social and Messianic foundations / Benzion Dinur -- Miedzyboz and Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov / Murray Jay Rosman -- The Hasidic movement : reality and ideals / Shmuel Ettinger -- Hasidic-Mitnaggedic polemics in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe : the hostile phase / Mordecai L. Wilensky -- Devekut, or communion with God / Gershom Scholem -- God and the Zaddik as the two focal points in Hasidic worship / Ada Rapoport-Albert -- Hasidic prayer / Louis Jacobs.

Traditions and customs in Hasidism / Aaron Wertheim -- Hasidism and the Jewish enlightenment / Raphael Mahler -- My way to Hasidism / Martin Buber -- Hasidism in modern society / Stephen Sharot.

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