Hasidic Commentary on the Torah

Informationen zum Autor Ora Wiskind-Elper is the author of Wisdom of the Heart: The Teachings of Rabbi Ya'akov of Izbica-Radzyn (2010) and Tradition and Fantasy in the Tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav (1998). She is associate professor in the Graduate Programme in Jewish Thought at Michlalah Jerusalem College and at Ono Academic College, Israel. Klappentext Hasidism, a movement of religious awakening and social reform, originated in the mid-eighteenth century. After two and a half centuries of crisis, upheaval, and renewal, it remains a vibrant way of life and a compelling aspect of Jewish experience. This book explores the profound intellectual and religious issues that the hasidic masters raised in their Torah commentary, and brings to the fore the living qualities of their sermons.

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• Authors: Ora (Lander Institute of Jewish Stud Wiskindelper, Ora Wiskind-Elper, Ora (Lander Institute of Jewish Stu Wiskind-Elper, Ora (Lander Institute of Jewish Studies) Wiskind-Elper
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781906764128
• ISBN: 978-1-906764-12-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization; The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism