The Hasidic Moses: A Chapter in the History of Jewish Interpretation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781532651359)

In The Hasidic Moses, Aryeh Wineman invites readers to join him on a journey through various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Hasidic texts that interpret the life of Moses. Such texts read their own accent on spirituality and innerness along with their conceptions of community and spiritual leadership into the biblical account of Moses. Wineman reveals the ways in which historical Hasidic voices interpreted both the Exodus from Egypt and the scene of Revelation at Sinai as statements concerning what occurs constantly in our lives at all times. In addition, Wineman shows how Hasidic readers embraced the idea that Moses had to die in order that his soul might return to the world in the righteous and holy ones of every generation, and that the presence of Moses actually transcends time and is present in spiritual understanding as it unfolds at any moment in any period.

Author: Aryeh Wineman
ISBN-10: 153265135X
ISBN-13: 9781532651359
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2019
Pages: 148
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d