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The Faith of the Mithnagdim: Rabbinic Responses to Hasidic Rapture » (New Edition)
Authors: Allan Nadler
ISBN-13: 9780801861826, ISBN-10: 0801861829
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Allan Nadler
Allan Nadler is the Wallerstein Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Drew University. He has written for Commentary, Modern Judaism, New Republic, and other journals.
Book Synopsis
"In reconstructing the 'faith of the Mithnagdim,' Nadler introduces us to a remarkable universe of individuals and ideas. His pioneering reconstruction of Mithnagdic thought marks a turning point in our understanding of a crucial moment in Jewish history." -- Commentary
New Republic - Yehudah Mirsky
Nadler has performed a great service by bringin the Mitnadgim more to light. The spiritual universe that he ahas unearthed with erudition, imagination, and care is now more accessible to students of Jewish history and of religion in general.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | The Immanence of God in Mithnagdic Thought | 11 |
| Ch. 2 | The Mithnagdim and the Kabbalah | 29 |
| Ch. 3 | Mithnagdic Prayer | 50 |
| Ch. 4 | Mithnagdic Asceticism | 78 |
| Ch. 5 | The Spiritual Bliss of Death | 103 |
| Ch. 6 | The Mithnagdim and the Haskalah: A Reappraisal | 127 |
| Ch. 7 | The Centrality of Torah Study in Mithnagdism | 151 |
| Conclusion | 171 | |
| App. A | The Works of Phinehas of Polotsk | 177 |
| App. B | Phinehas of Polotsk's Death Poem | 185 |
| Notes | 191 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 239 | |
| Index | 251 |
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