Imagining holiness : classic Hasidic tales in modern times /
"Hasidic tales are often read as charming, timeless expressions of Jewish spirituality. The best-known versions of these stories, however, have been rewritten for audiences outside traditional Judaism and few works have explored Hasidic tales as they were created by Hasidic Jews." "In...
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
c2009.
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lewis, Justin Jaron, |d 1961- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Imagining holiness : |b classic Hasidic tales in modern times / |c Justin Jaron Lewis. |
| 260 | |a Montreal ; |a Ithaca : |b McGill-Queen's University Press, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 351 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; |v 52 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "Hasidic tales are often read as charming, timeless expressions of Jewish spirituality. The best-known versions of these stories, however, have been rewritten for audiences outside traditional Judaism and few works have explored Hasidic tales as they were created by Hasidic Jews." "In Imagining Holiness Justin Lewis offers a radical reappraisal of how we think of Hasidic tales, calling into question received notions of authenticity. He focuses his study on the neglected Hasidic literature of the early twentieth century - primarily the work of Israel Berger and Abraham Hayim Michelson - and the literary and historical dynamics of its emergence, posing questions about its place in Hasidic society, the attitude of the Hasidim towards this literature, and orality in Hasidic tradition as manifested in these Hasidic books. Berger and Michelson wrote in the decade before the First World War, a time of loss and decline for Hasidism. Their books resisted modernity and positioned Hasidism -- | ||
| 520 | |a as authentic Judaism but also reflected modern literary trends, expressed tensions within Hasidism itself, and depicted struggles between the soul and body." "Imagining Holiness will help readers understand the inner motivations of this religious culture at an important moment in its history." --Book Jacket. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a PART ONE: A taste of Hasidic tales -- Blessing the moon -- The candle -- Protection from fire; husband and wife reunited -- The ectasies of Rebbe Levi Isaac of Berdichev -- A journey with Rebbe Moses Leyb of Sasov -- The spot of sugar -- Forgetting the Mishnah -- The butcher's blessing -- The reluctant rabbi -- To be a leader -- Wedding presents. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a PART TWO: In the marketplace: The stories in context -- Preliminary questions -- Authors and books -- Historical context -- Literary context -- Issues of authenticity -- The status of the stories | |
| 505 | 0 | |a PART THREE: Holy men and holy books: The tales, the talmud, and jewish law -- Study and storytelling -- R'Hayim's strange blessings | |
| 505 | 0 | |a PART FOUR: The world as it is materiality and the body -- Taste the food on my plate -- The changeling -- Eydl of Brody: stories against stories -- The naked rebbe | |
| 505 | 0 | |a PART FIVE: The wounded body -- Scorched by his glowing coal -- A paradox that no one can solve. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hasidim |v Legends. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hasidism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Legends, Jewish. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish legends. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Legends. |2 fast | |
| 655 | 0 | |a Electronic books | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Lewis, Justin Jaron, 1961- |t Imagining holiness. |d Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |w (OCoLC)681498550 |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Lewis, Justin Jaron, 1961- |t Imagining holiness. |d Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 |w (OCoLC)681498550 |
| 830 | 0 | |a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. |n Series two ; |v 52. | |
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