Hasidism incarnate : Hasidism, Christianity, and the construction of modern Judaism /

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Author / Creator:	Magid, Shaul, 1958- author.
Imprint:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Encountering traditions Encountering traditions.
Subject:	Hasidism -- Doctrines. Incarnation. Mysticism -- Judaism -- History. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Judaism -- History -- Modern period, 1750- Christianity. Hasidism -- Doctrines. Incarnation. Interfaith relations. Judaism. Judaism -- Modern period. Mysticism -- Judaism. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540219

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ISBN:	9780804793469 0804793468 9780804791304 0804791309
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Hasidism Incarnate contends that much of modern Judaism in the West developed in reaction to Christianity and in defense of Judaism as a unique tradition. Ironically enough, this occurred even as modern Judaism increasingly dovetailed with Christianity with regard to its ethos, aesthetics, and attitude toward ritual and faith. Shaul Magid argues that the Hasidic movement in Eastern Europe constitutes an alternative ""modernity, "" one that opens a new window on Jewish theological history. Unlike Judaism in German lands, Hasidism did not develop under a ""Christian gaze"" and had no need to be a.
Other form:	Print version: Magid, Shaul, 1958- Hasidism incarnate 9780804791304

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