Hasidic mysticism as an activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312360 |
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| Authors | Jerome Gellman (0000-0002-7507-9409, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-349 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412506008468 |
| OpenAlex | W2156884043 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In her important work, Hasidism as Mysticism: Quietistic Elements in Eighteenth Century Hasidic Thought , the late Rivkah Schatz-Uffenheimer depicted early eighteenth-century Hasidism as a movement with pronounced ‘quietist tendencies’. In this paper I raise several difficulties with this thesis. These follow from social-activist features of early Hasidism as well as from a selection from the writings of leading early Hasidic masters. I conclude that a major stream of thought in early Hasidim was not quietist in tendency. Finally, I compare the intentions of the masters I cite to some non-quietist themes in Eastern mystical thought
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Mysticism · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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