Hasidism: A New History

by Gadi Sagiv, David Assaf, Moshe Rosman, et al.

Book Overview

The first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism

This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691175152
• ISBN13: 9780691175157
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.3" x 10.2"