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Intertextuality in the tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav : a close reading of Sippurey Maʼasiyot /

Schleicher, Marianne.

Intertextuality in the tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav : a close reading of Sippurey Maʼasiyot / by Marianne Schleicher. - 1 online resource. - Studies in the history of religions, v. 116 0169-8834 ; . - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - Numen Book Series 116. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [637]-642) and index.

Preliminary Material / Introduction / Chapter One. Theoretical Background For The Applied Method / Chapter Two. Rabbi Nahman Of Bratslav / Chapter Three. Earlier Scholarly Commentaries On The Tales / Chapter Four. Analyses / Chapter Five. Conclusion / Bibliography / Index / Reference To The Hebrew Bible / M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher -- M. Schleicher.

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Until 1806, Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (1772–1810) disseminated his thoughts on redemption through homilies. In 1806, however, Nahman chose the genre of tales as an additional and innovative means of religious discourse. An academic close reading of all of the tales, known as Sippurey Ma’asiyot , has not yet been undertaken. As the first comprehensive scholarly work on the whole selection of tales and contrary to previous scholarship, this book does not reduce the tales to biographical expressions of Nahman’s tormented soul and messianic aspirations. Instead, it treats them as religious literature where the concept of “intertextuality” is considered essential to explain how Nahman defines his theology of redemption and invites his listeners and readers to appropriate his religious world-view.

9789047420170

10.1163/ej.9789004158900.i-664 DOI

2007296944

B0707494 bccb


Naḥman, de Brazlaw, 1772-1811. Sippurey Maʼasiyot.
Nachman von Braclaw --Intertextualität.
Naḥman ben Śimḥah--Intertextualität.
Naḥman ben Śimḥah. Sippurei Ma'asiyyot.
Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811. Sipure maʻaśiyot.


Sefer Sippurei Maʹasiyyoy (Naḥman van Bratslav)
Hassidim--Légendes.
Paraboles hassidiques.
Hasidic parables.
Hasidim--Legends.
Rabbis--Legends.

BM532 / .S34 2007

296.19