Four Hasidic Masters and their Struggle against Melancholy

Elie Wiesel

Description

Portrays four charismatic leaders of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Hasidic movement in Eastern Europe.

Sujets

• Existential
• Rituals
• Jewish Studies
• Philosophie et théologie
• General officer
• Eastern Europe
• Judaism
• Existentialism
• Religion
• General
• History

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268079628
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

Extrait

Four Hasidic Masters and Their Struggle aGainst Melancholy

UNnERSIY OF NOTRE DAME WARD-PHILLIPS LECTURES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERatURE

Volume 9

Books by

ELIE WIESEL

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