
Untold Tales of the Hasidim
David Assaf(Author)
Brandeis University Press
Published on 12. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-61168-194-9 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating volume reveals some of the dark, dramatic episodes concealed in the folds of the hasidic cloak-shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism. Using tools of detection, Assaf extracts historical truth from a variety of sources by examining how the same events are treated in different memory traditions, whether hasidic, maskilic, or modern historical, and tells the stories of individuals from the hasidic elites who found themselves unable to walk the trodden path. By placing these episodes and individuals under his historical lens, Assaf offers a more nuanced historical portrayal of Hasidism in the nineteenth-century context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-61168-194-9 (9781611681949)
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01/2012
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