Hasidism: Key Questions

by Marcin Wodzianski and Marcin Wodziński

Book Overview

Hasidism is one of the most important religious and social movements to have developed in Eastern Europe, and the most significant phenomenon in the religious, social and cultural life of the Jewish population in Eastern Europe from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Innovative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Hasidism: Key Questions discusses the most cardinal features of any social or religious movement: definition, gender, leadership,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190631260
• ISBN13: 9780190631260
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"