Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion paperback august 28, 1995 by moshe idel author visit amazons moshe idel page. Rather than focusing on any one immediate aspect of jewish mysticism, idel proposes to understand hasidism as the aggregation of multiple streams, including magic, theosophic kabbalah, and ecstatic kabbalah. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Read pauline wengeroffs book memoirs of a grandmother. Marcin wodzinski on atlassing hasidic heritage in his.
His close study of ecstasy and magic will be essential for all those who are in any way interested in this area. This important new volume addresses some of the key questions about hasidism in its golden age. Impeccably researched, clearly written, and richly illustrated, it is essential reading for historians, religious studies scholars, and anyone. The book is full of brilliant insights concerning the meaning of key concepts and practices in early hasidism. Idels book has broken new ground in the study of the mystical judaism of eastern europe in the eighteenth and.
How hasidism began louis jacobs moshe idel, hasidism. A must for understanding this most vital aspect of judaism. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, project muse is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. Idels book has broken new ground in the study of the mystical judaism of. Key questions provides a refreshing new look at many central issues in historiography of hasidism. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. The spiritualization of the contact with the divine in western mysticism, radically different from the more materialist propensities of magic, invites detachment from the bodyand from corporeality in generalin order to be able to enjoy communion with the divine. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. With tzadikism, it developed specific forms of cultivating a religious elite, apocalyptic expectations, and communal life. On the satanic nature of the rabbinic kabbalah zaidpub. Kabbalah and interpretation, and kabbalah and eros. Marcin wodzinski of the university of wroclaw, poland won a 2018 national jewish book award for his volume historical atlas of hasidism moshe idel, author of hasidism.
Featuring seventyfour largeformat maps and a wealth of illustrations, charts, and tables, this oneofakind atlas charts hasidisms emergence and expansion. It was considered permitted white magic by its practitioners, reserved for the elite, who could separate its spiritual source from qliphoth realms of evil if performed under circumstances that were holy and pure. The volume begins with legends of jewish sorcery and proceeds to discuss beliefs about the evil eye, spirits of the dead, powers of good, the famous legend of the golem, procedures for. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Hasidism is a mystical religious revival movement within judaism, which draws from the kabbalist tradition. These books generated growing expectations and demands that could be met only by expertsthat is, the baale shem themselvesand raised the status in society of the authors. Martin bubers early representation of hasidism as kulturkritik by martina urban university of chicago press, 2008. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion and read hasidism. Between ecstasy and magic, has described the book whose cartography is by waldemar spallek as the richest and most updated illustrated history of the entire process of emergence, growth, suffering, decimation. By applying what he calls the panoramic approach, in contrast to the existentialist approach of buber and the historicist approach of scholem, idel has been able to illuminate the phenomenon of hasidism in all its complexity and diversity. This is the first attempt to respond those central questions in one book. Thoroughly researched and annotated, professor gedalyah nigals work examines such phenomena as the baalei shem the individuals who by their knowledge of the holy names were able to. Books from jason aronson book descriptions provided by the publisher of several books of hasidic stories and commentary.
Between ecstasy and magic marcin wodzinskis historical atlas of hasidism is an exceptional book. Miles krassen, oberlin college moshe idel is max cooper professor of jewish thought at the hebrew university, jerusalem. Between ecstasy and magic suny press, albany, 1994. National jewish book award in scholarship for kabbalah. For more than three decades, in dozens of books and countless articles.
Historical atlas of hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern eras most vibrant and important mystical movements. Jewish magic and superstition joshua trachtenberg, moshe. Gershom scholem, jewish gnosticism, merkabah mysticism and talmudic tradition jewish theological seminary of. Scores of books and hundreds of studies dealing with all aspects of hasidic history and thought have been published by scholars. In time, this list will be expanded and further annotated. Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Historical atlas of hasidism is a major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a highly significant religious movement. Jewish magic and superstition is a masterful and utterly fascinating exploration of religious forms that have all but disappeared yet persist in the imagination. View your shopping cart browse penn press titles in jewish studies join our mailing list. Marcin wodzinski is professor of jewish history and literature at the. These descend from the work of hasidisms illustrious founder, the extraordinary spiritual master of podolia western ukraine, rabbi israel ben eliezer the baal shem tov master of the divine name. Pdf hasidism between ecstasy and magic by moshe idel. The history of the two full centuries of hasidic development up to and including the present, however.
A mystical movement within eastern european judaism posted on march, 2019 march, 2019 by mamcintosh hasidism was called into existence by the charismatic figure israel ben eliezer ca. Old worlds, new mirrors moshe idel university of pennsylvania. Idel was a precocious child, with a passion for reading which made him read all the books in the town, cooperative, then high school library, in addition to buying more books with the money earned by singing at weddings. Most relate to the beginnings of hasidism and its development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A mystical movement within eastern european judaism. Zvi gitelman, author of jewish identities in postcommunist russia and ukraine an unparalleled achievement.
This might then suggest that a jewish approach to faith, tradition, and history would be fundamentally different from the particular. Idels book has broken new ground in the study of the mystical judaism of eastern europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Historical atlas of hasidism princeton university press. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This work is incomparable to anything else and should be required reading for anyone who wants to seriously engage hasidism intellectually and historically. The first study of its kind, magic, mysticism, and hasidism explores the supernatural motifs and elements in jewish folktales and hasidic stories through the ages. Hasidism is one of the most important religious and social movements to have developed in eastern europe, and the most significant phenomenon in the religious, social and cultural life of the jewish population in eastern europe from the eighteenth century up to the present day. By applying idels orientation one can appreciate the complex fabric woven by the hasidic masters from previous mystical sources.
A contemporary israeli scholar of jewish mysticism, idel challenges the popular notion of lurianic kabbalah as the primary intellectual influence on hasidism. Originally published in the times literary supplement 4805 1995, p. It was called into existence by the charismatic figure israel ben eliezer ca. This is a partial list of the titles available in english. His books on hasidism and haskalah and on hasidism and politics have become essential texts. Essential papers on hasidism by gershon david hundert. Ecstasy and magic stand at the opposite extremes of most modern religious modalities. Perhaps more importantly, it can be hard to know where to turn, and there are a lot of bad books out there. Ktav publishing house, incorporated publication date.
A bibliography of hasidic stories and storytelling. Kabbalah maasit in historical judaism, is a branch of the jewish mystical tradition that concerns the use of magic. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion online books in format pdf. See more ideas about books, williamsburg, jewish books. Historical atlas of hasidism historical atlas of hasidism. Between ecstacy and magic is extremely compelling, rich in the vast erudition idels readers take for granted and full of insights on every page. This original and innovative book blazes a trail through the history of hasidism.
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