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Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka (Jewish Encounters Series) by Rodger Kamenetz is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus comes an "engrossing and wonderful book" ( The Washington Times ) about the unexpected connections between Franz Kafka and Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav— and the significant role played by the imagination in the Jewish spiritual experience. Rodger Kamenetz has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. And for many years he has taught a course in Prague on Franz Kafka. The more he thought about their lives and writings, the more aware he became of unexpected connections between them. Kafka was a secular artist fascinated by Jewish mysticism, and Rabbi Nachman was a religious mystic who used storytelling to reach out to secular Jews. Both men died close to age forty of tuberculosis. Both invented new forms of storytelling that explore the search for meaning in an illogical, unjust world. Both gained prominence with the posthumous publication of their writing. And both left strict instructions at the end of their lives that their unpublished books be burnt. Kamenetz takes his ideas on the road, traveling to Kafka’s birthplace in Prague and participating in the pilgrimage to

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Author

Rodger Kamenetz

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299142237

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Judaism, History, Biography