The messianic secret of Hasidism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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900415356X

The messianic secret of Hasidism.

Altshuler, Mor.

BRILL

2006

440 pages

$162.00

Hardcover

Brill's series in Jewish studies; v.39

BM198

A scholar of Jewish mysticism, Altshuler integrates the theoretical observations and the historical events to recount the beginning of Hasidism as a story of a messianic movement. She examines the years 5500 to 5541 (1740-81 ...

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