Hasidism As Mysticism - Quietistic Elements in Eighteenth-Century Hasidic Thought

Summary

Offered here for the first time in English translation, Hasidism as Mysticism is a classic in its field. Using the tools of phenomenology, Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer places Hasidism squarely in the context of religious studies. Hasidism's theoretical texts have been largely ignored by historians of the movement, but Schatz Uffenheimer analyzes these

Product details

• Authors: Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer, Uffenheimer Rivka Schatz
• Assisted by: Jonathan Chipman (Translation), Chipman Jonathan (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2015
• EAN: 9780691608068
• ISBN: 978-0-691-60806-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, mysticism, Judaism, Judaism: life and practice