Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice. Many of the essays exhibit a comparative perspective deployed to better articulate the innovative spirit, and traditional challenges, Hasidism presents to the traditional Jewish world. Piety and Rebellion is an attempt to present Hasidism as one case whereby maximalist religion can yield a rebellious challenge to conventional conceptions of religious thought and practice.
| ISBN: | 9781644691151 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2019 |
| Author: | Shaul Magid |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 580 pages |
| Series: | New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism |
| Genres: |
Judaism Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict Social groups: religious groups and communities |