Green Arthur Green

Defender of the Faithful (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Thought of Rabbi Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first scholarly biography of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv in English in over thirty-five years. Defender of the Faithful explores the life and thought of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (1740 1809), one of the most fascinating and colorful Hasidic leaders of his time. This is an intellectual and religious biography, a reading of the development of his thought and career. Featuring examples of Levi Yitshak s extraordinary texts alongside insightful analysis by scholar and theologian Arthur Green, Defender of the Faithful is a compelling study of both Levi Yitshak s theology and broader philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brandeis University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684581023
• Artikelnr.: 70901283

Autorenporträt

Arthur Green was founding dean and is recently retired as rector of the Rabbinical School and the Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is professor emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. His books include Tormented Master: A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav; The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology; A New Hasidism: Branches; and Judaism for the World: Reflections on God, Life, and Love, for which he was awarded a National Jewish Book Award.