Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the

Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (2009)

This fascinating volume reveals some of the dark, dramatic episodes concealed in the folds of the hasidic cloakâ€”shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism. Using tools of detection, Assaf extracts historical truth from a variety of sources by examining how the same events are treated in different memory traditions, whether hasidic, maskilic, or modern historical, and tells the stories of individuals from the hasidic elites who found themselves unable to walk the trodden path. By placing these episodes and individuals under his historical lens, Assaf offers a more nuanced historical portrayal of Hasidism in the nineteenth-century context.
Country USA
Brand Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer Brandeis University Press
Binding Paperback
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Format Illustrated
EANs 9781611681949
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Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)