{"product_id":"the-messianic-secret-of-hasidism-mor-altshuler-9789004153561","title":"The Messianic Secret of Hasidism","description":"This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings after the failure of their 1740-1781 attempts to hurry redemption.\u003cbr\u003eThe book opens with the Besht, the legendary founder of Hasidism, and continues with the first Hasidic court, founded by one of his prominent disciples, the preacher of Zlotshov. The group's redemptive activities are revealed through their mystical rituals, their self-image as representatives of the ten Sefirot, and the status of their leader, \"the Righteous One,\" as a vivid symbol of the divine influx.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is especially important for scholars and students of Judaism as well as scholars of mysticism and messianism, seeking to comprehend the transformation of a messianic circle of devotees into a mass movement that changes the culture of an entire nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mor Altshuler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 900415356X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004153561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.74h x 6.62w x 1.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 18","brand":"Mor Altshuler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072208158975,"sku":"9789004153561","price":213.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14245232-98c6-40d2-acf6-765a85f1d4f2.jpg?v=1753416113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-messianic-secret-of-hasidism-mor-altshuler-9789004153561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}