Hasidic art and the Kabbalah
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Hasidic art and the Kabbalah
(Brill's series in Jewish studies, v. 59)
Brill, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-439) and indexes
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Description
Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah presents eight case studies of manuscripts, ritual objects, and folk art developed by Hasidic masters in the mid-eighteenth to late nineteenth centuries, whose form and decoration relate to sources in the Zohar, German Pietism, and Safed Kabbalah. Examined at the delicate and difficult to define interface between seemingly simple, folk art and complex ideological and conceptual outlooks which contain deep, abstract symbols, the study touches on aspects of object history, intellectual history, the decorative arts, and the history of religion. Based on original texts, the focus of this volume is on the subjective experience of the user at the moment of ritual, applying tenets of process philosophy and literary theory - Wolfgang Iser, Gaston Bachelard, and Walter Benjamin - to the analysis of objects.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
Part 1: Manuscripts
1 Hasidic Prayer Book
Continuity and Change
Significance
Conclusion
Part 2: Ritual Objects
2 Hasidic Wine Cup
Continuity and Change
Models
Significance
Conclusion
3 Hasidic Seder Plate
Continuity and Change
Models
Influences
Significance
Conclusion
4 Hasidic Sabbath Lamp
Continuity and Change
Models
Significance
Conclusion
5 The Hasidic Prayer Shawl Ornament
Continuity and Change
Models
Shpanyer-Arbet
Influences
Significance
Conclusion
Part 3: Folk Art
6 The Hasidic Pipe and Snuffbox
Continuity and Change
Models
Significance
Conclusion
7 Hasidic Talismans
Continuity and Change
Models
Influence
Significance
Conclusion
8 The Hasidic Rabbi's Chair
Continuity and Change
Influences
Significance
Conclusion
9 Conclusion
Symbolism
Mythic Context
Hasidic Context
Worship through Corporeality
The Nature of Hasidism
New Directions in Research
Bibliography
Index
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