{"product_id":"hasidism-9780691175157","title":"Hasidism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Hasidism . . . is a tremendous work of research.\"\u003cb\u003e---Shalom Auslander, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHasidism: A New History\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is a monumental scholarly achievement and a great contribution to the understanding of one of the most important movements in Jewish life in the modern period.\"\u003cb\u003e---Moshe Halbertal, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For this remarkably well-researched and expansive history of Hasidism, a team of scholars has collaborated to produce an intelligent and eminently readable exploration of a branch of Judaism that has made an extraordinary mark on Jewish life. . . . This effort is rich with detail and insight, and captures the vibrancy and innovation of a thriving, multifaceted movement. It belongs on the bookshelf of any serious student of Jewish history.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is notable for smashing various well-worn myths about Hasidism, and presenting new insights that place the movement at the center of European Jewish history, a major shaper of that history rather than a marginal aberration.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sue Fishkoff, \u003ci\u003eJweekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These eight modern sages managed to produce a fascinating book that embodies their collective wisdom and style in a seamless and highly illuminating work of authorship. This, too, strikes me as something of a miracle.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jonathan Kirsch, \u003ci\u003eJewish Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enormously informative, monumental volume.\"\u003cb\u003e---George Prochnik, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Likely to be the definitive work on Judaism’s equivalent of charismatic Protestantism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Marvin Olasky, \u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359111184727,"sku":"9780691175157","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691175157.jpg?v=1754123630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hasidism-9780691175157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}