Hasidism, livre ebook

Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.

Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid; Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia; The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia; and Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah, all published by SUNY Press.

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Models in Kabbalah and Hasidism
1. The Weakening of the Lurianic Kabbalah in the Eighteenth Century
2. Models in Jewish Mysticism
3. The Mystico-Magical Model
Part II. Drawing Down
4. Mystical and Magical Prayer in Hasidism
5. Mystical and Magical Study in Hasidism
6. Zaddiq as "Vessel" and "Channel" in Hasidism
Concluding Remarks
Appendix A: Psychologization of Theosophy in Kabbalah and Hasidism
Appendix B: Rabbi Yisrael of Ryzhin Who Cries
Appendix C: On Intentional Transmission of Power
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix of Hebrew Quotes
Subject Index
Index of Works Cited
Author Index