The Faith of the Mithnagdim: Rabbinic Responses to Hasidic Rapture

by Allan Nadler

Book Overview

"Allan Nadler has performed a great service by bringing the Mithnagdim more to light. The spiritual universe that he has unearthed with erudition, imagination, and care is now more accessible to students of Jewish history and of religion in general. " -- Yehudah Mirsky, New Republic "In many ways Nadler's work defines the model of a first-rate monograph on an important subject... It is lucidly argued and carefully drafted. The technical achievement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801855608
• ISBN13: 9780801855603
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"