Maiden of Ludmir - A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World

Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel Deutsch is Professor of Literature and History at the University of California! Santa Cruz. He is the author of Guardians of the Gate: Angelic Vice Regency in Late Antiquity (1999) and The Gnostic Imagination: Gnosticism! Mandaeism! and Merkabah Mysticism (1995)! and the coeditor with Y. Chireau! of Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism (2000). Klappentext "The first book-length account of one of the most fascinating figures in modern Jewish history. With invigorating prose, The Maiden of Ludmir makes the world of 19th-century Europe come alive. Deutsch is a fascinating, sophisticated, and rare combination of social historian and cultural critic. "—Elliot Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Jewish Mysticism and Philosophy, New York University. "A beautifully written and moving study of a woman who stood alone as a spiritual leader, breaking the bounds of women’s spirituality and gender roles to assume the position of a male zaddik, Hasidic leader. Deutsch’s own journey to Ludmir lends a unique and charming voice to this compelling story."—David Biale, author of Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History. Zusammenfassung Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as a rebbe in her own right. This title follows the traces left by the Maiden in both history and legend. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Janusz Bardach Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Ansky Visits Ludmir 1. A Dybbuk Trilogy! or How the Maiden of Ludmir Became a Literary Figure 2. Writing the Maiden 3. Afterlives: Remembering the Maiden 4. The Curse! the Cossacks! and the Messiah: Ludmir Before the Maiden 5. Birth and Childhood 6. Love and Death [Illustration section] 7. The Maiden Possessed 8. False Male and Woman Rebbe? 9. The Witch-hunt in Ludmir 10. The Wedding and Its Aftermath 11. In the Holy Land Conclusion: Tracing the Maiden Afterword: Journey to Ludmir Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Deutsch, Deutsch Nathaniel
• Assisted by: Janusz Bardach (Foreword), Bardach Janusz (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2003
• EAN: 9780520231917
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23191-7
• No. of pages: 329
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial