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| 11460. HASIDISM: ORIGINS AND HISTORY. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the origins and early history of Hasidism, a Jewish revival movement which exalted the sense of divinity and immanence in every moment of life. Covers Ba'al Shem and his actual and mythical roles, nature of early Hasidic communities and their revolutionary and anti-rational aspects, tension between Hasidic and Talmudic interpretations of Jewish life, leadership and written and spoken law in early Hasidism, influence of the Kotzker and Naham of Bratslav in illuminating other aspects of Hasidic thought and experience. KEYWORDS: jewish history hasidism hasidic communities. 15 pages, 38 footnotes, 10 bibliographic sources. |
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