Hasidism as Mysticism ：Quietistic Elements in Eighteenth-Century Hasidic Thought ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle ：Quietistic Elements in Eighteenth-Century Hasidic Thought

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Uffenheimer Rivka Schatz;Chipman Jonathan;;  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400872800

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691032238

Subject： B985 Judaism (Hebrew)

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Offered here for the first time in English translation, Hasidism as Mysticism is a classic in its field. Using the tools of phenomenology, Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer places Hasidism squarely in the context of religious studies. Hasidism's theoretical texts have been largely ignored by historians of the movement, but Schatz Uffenheimer analyzes these materials fully, disclosing the mystical, quietistic tendencies that existed alongside Hasidism's more activist, popular elements. The author carefully reviewed this translation of her work; it includes a revised introduction with much new material, two new chapters, and an appendix containing a translation, history, and literary analysis of one of the few extant texts attributed to the Baal Shem Tov.

Schatz Uffenheimer's inquiry covers the full gamut of Hasidic life and thought, embracing such topics as the emphasis on joy and the concomitant ban on sadness and regret in Hasidism, the focus on contemplative rather than petitionary prayer, the subordination of the mizvot (commandments) to the spiritualistic goal of devequt (attachment to God), and the anarchic elements of Hasidism's approach to life within society. Also discussed are the problematic role of Torah study resulting from this spiritualistic emphasis, the movement's neutralization or internalization of the traditional concept of a historical messiah, and the transformation within Hasidism of traditional concepts borrowed from Kabbalah. The author's illuminating

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Cover

Cover

Contents

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Introduction

Introduction

1 The Basic Argument of Quietism

1 The Basic Argument of Quietism

2 The Concept of Annihilation ('Ayin) And the Extinction of Human Will

2 The Concept of Annihilation ('Ayin) And the Extinction of Human Will

3 The Standing of Existential Problems

3 The Standing of Existential Problems

4 Despair, Sadness, Regret and Their Connection with Sin

4 Despair, Sadness, Regret and Their Connection with Sin

5 The Status of the Mizvot

5 The Status of the Mizvot

6 Petitionary Prayer and Its Position in Hasidism

6 Petitionary Prayer and Its Position in Hasidism

7 Contemplative Prayer

7 Contemplative Prayer

8 Divine Immanence and the Question of Prophecy

8 Divine Immanence and the Question of Prophecy

9 The World of Speech and the World of Thought

9 The World of Speech and the World of Thought

10 The Doctrine of Kavvanot and Its Place in Hasidism

10 The Doctrine of Kavvanot and Its Place in Hasidism

11 Anarchic Manifestations in Hasidic Life

11 Anarchic Manifestations in Hasidic Life

12 Habad: Anti-Spiritualism as a Quietistic Value

12 Habad: Anti-Spiritualism as a Quietistic Value

13 Diary of an Agnostic: "I Know Not" as a Quietistic Value

13 Diary of an Agnostic: "I Know Not" as a Quietistic Value

14 The Problem of Torah Study in Hasidism

14 The Problem of Torah Study in Hasidism

15 History and National Redemption

15 History and National Redemption

Afterword

Afterword

Appendix: The Ba'al Shem Tov's Commentary to Psalm 107: Myth and Ritual of the Descent to She'ol

Appendix: The Ba'al Shem Tov's Commentary to Psalm 107: Myth and Ritual of the Descent to She'ol

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Index of Subjects

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