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Hasidism Incarnate: Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism (Encountering Traditions) by Shaul Magid is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hasidism Incarnate: Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism (Encountering Traditions) about?
<i>Hasidism Incarnate</i> contends that much of modern Judaism in the West developed in reaction to Christianity and in defense of Judaism as a unique tradition. Ironically enough, this occurred even as modern Judaism increasingly dovetailed with Christianity with regard to its ethos, aesthetics, and attitude toward ritual and faith. Shaul Magid argues that the Hasidic movement in Eastern Europe constitutes an alternative "modernity," one that opens a new window on Jewish theological h
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Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Shaul Magid
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804793469
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Christian, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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