ISBN:
0826445160
,
0826441440
,
9780826445162
,
9780826441447
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 306 p
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
The Kogod library of Judaic studies 7
Series Statement:
The Kogod library of Judaic studies
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: Yerushalayim, ha-Universitah ha-ʿIvrit, Diss., 2000 u.d.T.: Shigaʿon ṿe-daʿat bi-yetsirat R. Naḥman mi-Breslav
DDC:
200.9
Keywords:
Naḥman
;
Naḥman of Bratslav
;
1772-1811
;
Consciousness Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Music Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Mysticism Judaism
;
God Worship and love
;
Hasidism
;
Mysticism Judaism
;
Bratslav Hasidism
;
Naḥman mi-Braslav 1772-1810
;
Imagination
;
Mystizismus
;
Chassidismus
;
Ideengeschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Imagination, prophecy and faith : the role of the imagination in religious life, and the character of Bratslavian faith -- On the character of mystical experiences -- Unification : hints, sparks and melody : on the Bratslavian service of God -- Silence and melody facing the void : on the place of the mystic melody in the confrontation with heresy in the writings of R. Nachman of Bratslav -- The land of imagination -- 'Smallness' and 'greatness' and their roots in the kabbalah of the Ari -- The ultimate purpose of knowing is that we do not know -- 'The story of the humble king' : on laughter and foolishness in the service of God.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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