Studying Hasidism

MARCIN WODZIŃSKI is a professor of Jewish history and literature at the University of Wrocław, Poland. He is the author or editor of many books, including Historical Atlas of Hasidism and Hasidism: A New History.

"Comprised of thirteen erudite and informative articles by experts in Hasidic culture and customs, Studying Hasidism: Sources, Methods, Perspectives is an extraordinary, unique, and impressively informative contribution to the growing library of Hasidic literature and an invaluable addition to personal, community, and academic library Judaic Studies collections."— Midwest Book Review"The contributors to Studying Hasidism are the academic equivalent of an all-star team while the topics covered are the wish-list of anyone interested in Hasidism. Up to date, original and comprehensive–there is nothing like it."— Shaul Stampfer, author of Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning"Studying Hasidism is certainly a valuable tool for both scholars and advanced students of Hasidism. It goes beyond the editor's previous works in not only laying out a vision of what direction the historical analysis of Hasidism can take, by actually providing systematic tools with which to do so." — Tradition"Marcin Wodzinski has assembled eleven respected scholars for this work on Hasidism. Much more than an excellent textbook, it focuses on a wide range of important issues not generally emphasized in histories of this pious movement whose membership even now amounts to nearly a million people, roughly seven percent of the world's Jewish population. Intellectually challenging and engagingly written, the book should appeal to everyone interested in the history of modern Jewry."— Abraham Ascher, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Graduate Center, City University of New York"Impressive..readers will learn new things about Hasidism even while their horizons broaden to see new ways of thinking about sources."— Naomi Seidman, author of The Marriage Plot or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature

• Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transcription and PlaceNamesIntroduction by Marcin Wodziński1. Homilies by Gadi Sagiv2. Halakhah by Levi Cooper3. Stories by Uriel Gellman4. Mitnagedim by Uriel Gellman5. Maskilim by Jonatan Meir6. Ego-documents by Marcin Wodziński7. Folk narratives by Galit Hasan-Rokem and Shaul Magid8. Archives by Yohanan Petrovsky Shtern9. Press by David Assaf10. Iconography by Maya Balakirsky-Katz11. Music by Edwin Seroussi12. Material culture by Vladimir Levin13. Big data by Marcin WodzińskiNote About the AuthorsIndex