Hasidism Incarnate: Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism

by Shaul Magid

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804791309
• ISBN13: 9780804791304
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"