Hasidism: Writings on Devotion, Community, and Life in the Modern World

by Sam Berrin Shonkoff and Ariel Mayse

Book Overview

Hasidism has attracted, repelled, and bewildered philosophers, historians, and theologians since its inception in the eighteenth century. In Hasidism: Writings on Devotion, Community, and Life in the Modern World, Ariel Evan Mayse and Sam Berrin Shonkoff present students and scholars with a vibrant and polyphonic set of Hasidic confrontations with the modern world. In this collection, they show that the modern Hasid marks not only another example...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168458017X
• ISBN13: 9781684580170
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"