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Much has been written about the history and literature of hasidism, the east european pietistic movement, but an accessible introduction, based on sound scholarship, has been long needed. Rachel elior, hebrew university of jerusalem, jewish thought department, faculty member. The studies of the humanities in relation to the struggle for freedon and human rights abstract my lecture will examine the vital role of the humanities in evaluating and criticizing social and political phenomena from both ethical and philosophical perspectives especially in the defense of human freedom and human rights. Rachel elior, who nearly destroyed the academic universe as we know it last week when she argued that the ascetic and celibate jewish community known as the. Rachel elior, professor of jewish philosophy and mysticism at the hebrew university of jerusalem, writes that for kabbalists ayin nothingness clothes itself in yesh everything there is as concealed torah clothes itself in revealed torah. Pdf hasidism as mysticism download read online free. Dybbuks and jewish women in social history, mysticism and. With letters of light studies in the dead sea scrolls, early jewish. Offered here for the first time in english translation, hasidism as mysticism is a classic in its field.
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They not only discarded the apocryphal texts but, according to elior, probably amended some passages in the books they would include in the bible to minimize references to the solar calendar, to angels and to the story of enoch. Historical studies in science and judaism volume 5, 2005, pp. On the emergence of jewish mysticism in late antiquity rachel elior. These files require free adobe acrobat reader in order to be viewed. Click download or read online button to jewish mysticism general characteristics and comparative studies book pdf for free now. Hundreds of years after the time of jesus, a legend in the talmud teaches that jesus was a false messiah, a sorcerer, who led the people of israel astray and seduced them to idolatry. Rachel eliors book on habad listed above among the suny press books, smith missed weiss, joseph. David ben abraham halaban, a 14thcentury kabbalist, says. Rachel elior, a professor of jewish studies at the hebrew university of jerusalem, explores what spirituality has meant in jewish mystical. Rachel elior project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Rachel elior born 28 december 1949 is an israeli professor of jewish philosophy at the. And save me from all the enraged ones who stand before you and let them love me before you. Her principal subject of research has been the history of early jewish mysticism.
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