Mystical Origins of Hasidism

by Rachel Elior

The words 'hasid' and 'hasidism' have become so familiar to people interested in the Jewish world that little thought is given to understanding exactly what hasidism is or considering its spiritual and social consequences.

What, for example, are the distinguishing features of hasidism? What innovations does it embody? How did its founders see it? Why did it arouse opposition? What is the essential nature of hasidic thought? What is its spiritual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874774846
• ISBN13: 9781874774846
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.