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Hasidism on the Margin: Reconciliation, Antinomianism and Messianism in Izbica/ Radzin Hasidism Shaul Magid |
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Hasidism on the Margin explores one of the most provocative and
radical traditions of Hasidic thought, the Magid argues that Izbica-Radzin
Hasidism presents a subversive reading of the Hebrew Bible through its conception
pf a messianic personality who lives on the margin of Jewish society.
Adherents of this tradition take the radical view that this figure can overcome
the law without causing pure antinomianism, and they claim this view is
rooted in medieval Jewish philosophy, particularly the world view of Maimonides. Magid also suggests
that Hasidism's principle contribution to Jewish literature is its subtle
hermeneutics, deployed to deconstruct them in Hasidism's own image. The book
addresses the messianic implications of this Hasidic re-writing of tradition
and places messianism at the center of the Hasidic
project. Shaul Magid is associate professor
in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. He is editor of God's Voice through the Void and coeditor of
Beginning/Again: Toward a Hermeneutic of Jewish Texts and Journal of
Textual Reasoning. |
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