Defender of the faithful
| Titel: | Defender of the faithful : the life and thought of Rabbi Levi Yitsḥak of Berdychiv / Arthur Green |
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Veröffentlicht: | Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, 2022 |
| Umfang: | xii, 280 Seiten : 1 Karte ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry |
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| ISBN: | 9781684581016 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Literaturverzeichnis
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- Preface and Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Part I
- Levi Yitshak as Hasidic Leader
- 1
- The Life and Times of an Eighteenth-Century Rabbi
- p. 13
- 2
- Levi Yitshak in the Maggid's Circle: The Challenge of Leadership and the Hasidic Response
- p. 43
- 3
- First Steps: The Evidence of Shemu'ah Tovah
- p. 52
- 4
- The Hasidic Tsaddik and the Quest for Models
- p. 67
- 5
- The Mezritch Circle: A Later Look
- p. 85
- Part II
- Mystic Disciple and Teacher
- 6
- Translating the Transcendent
- p. 97
- 7
- The Mystic and the Religious Revival
- p. 114
- 8
- The Question of Miracles
- p. 127
- 9
- An Emerging Religious Personality
- p. 138
- 10
- Pleasures Sublime and Worldly in the Religious Life
- p. 154
- 11
- Defending the Commandments
- p. 177
- 12
- Interpreting Torah
- p. 191
- 13
- Looking into the Future?
- p. 201
- Abbreviations
- p. 211
- Notes
- p. 213
- Bibliography
- p. 261
- Index
- p. 273
