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UNINA9910823074003321 |
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Autore |
Heilman Samuel C |
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Titolo |
The Rebbe : the life and afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson / / Samuel C. Heilman and Menachem M. Friedman |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-66581-2 |
9786612665813 |
1-4008-3427-9 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rabbis - New York (State) - New York |
Hasidim - New York (State) - New York |
Habad |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-329) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Farbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the 1950's until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe--built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hasidic emissaries could transform the world. They reveal how his messianic convictions ripened and how he attempted to bring the ancient idea of a day of redemption onto the modern world's agenda. Heilman and Friedman also trace what happened after the Rebbe's death, by which time many of his followers |
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