Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah

Author:   Batsheva Goldman-Ida
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   59
ISBN:  

9789004287709


Pages:   450
Publication Date:   26 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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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.

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Author:   Batsheva Goldman-Ida
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   59
Weight:   0.892kg
ISBN:  

9789004287709


ISBN 10:   9004287701
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   26 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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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"""Batsheva Goldman-Ida's Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah sets up a visual feast that recalls the ancient Tabernacle or Temple vessels while, at the same time, expanding our notion of the sacred."" - Glenn Dynner, Jewish Review of Books (Fall 2018)."


Batsheva Goldman-Ida's Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah sets up a visual feast that recalls the ancient Tabernacle or Temple vessels while, at the same time, expanding our notion of the sacred. - Glenn Dynner, Jewish Review of Books (Fall 2018).


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Batsheva Goldman-Ida, Ph.D. (2008), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Curator of Special Projects at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and specializes in visual culture, especially in the early modern period. Born in Boston, MA, she studied Decorative Arts in New York at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Parsons School of Design. Her latest exhibition and catalogue Alchemy of Words: Abraham Abulafia, Dada, Lettrism (2016) juxtaposes the medieval mystic with early modern innovators of linguistic mysticism and contemporary performance artists.

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