Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv by Green, Arthur

Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781684581016)

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Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv by Green, Arthur

Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv

$40.00
Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv by Green, Arthur

Defender of the Faithful: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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The first scholarly biography of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv in English in over thirty-five years.

Defender of the Faithful explores the life and thought of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (1740-1809), one of the most fascinating and colorful Hasidic leaders of his time. This is an intellectual and religious biography, a reading of the development of his thought and career. Featuring examples of Levi Yitshak's extraordinary texts alongside insightful analysis by scholar and theologian Arthur Green, Defender of the Faithful is a compelling study of both Levi Yitshak's theology and broader philosophy.


Author: Arthur Green
ISBN-10: 168458101X
ISBN-13: 9781684581016
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2022
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 1.15d
By Arthur Green
By Arthur Green
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Arthur Green was founding dean and is recently retired as rector of the Rabbinical School and the Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is professor emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. His books include Tormented Master: A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav; The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology; A New Hasidism: Branches; and Judaism for the World: Reflections on God, Life, and Love, for which he was awarded a National Jewish Book Award.

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