Uffenheimer Hasidism as Mysticism

Quietistic Elements in Eighteenth-Century Hasidic Thought
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7280-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1748, 400 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Uffenheimer, Rivka Schatz

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chipman, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword 9

Introduction 15

Ch. 1 The Basic Argument of Quietism 65

Ch. 2 The Concept of Annihilation (Ayin) and the Extinction of Human Will 67

Ch. 3 The Standing of Existential Problems 80

Ch. 4 Despair, Sadness, Regret and Their Connection with Sin 93

Ch. 5 The Status of the Mizvot 111

Ch. 6 Petitionary Prayer and Its Position in Hasidism 144

Ch. 7 Contemplative Prayer 168

Ch. 8 Divine Immanence and the Question of Prophecy 189

Ch. 9 The World of Speech and the World of Thought 204

Ch. 10 The Doctrine of Kavvanot and its Place in Hasidism 215

Ch. 11 Anarchic Manifestations in Hasidic Life 242

Ch. 12 Habad: Anti-Spiritualism as a Quietistic Value 255

Ch. 13 Diary of an Agnostic: "I Know Not" as a Quietistic Value 290

Ch. 14 The Problem of Torah Study in Hasidism 310

Ch. 15 History and National Redemption 326

Afterword 340

Appendix: The Baal Shem Tov's Commentary to Psalm 107: Myth and Ritual of the Descent to Sheol 342

Bibliography 383

Index of Names 393

Index of Subjects 396