02541nam 2200541 450 991052000950332120200520144314.01-78962-335-91-78694-989-X(CKB)3830000000060269(MiAaPQ)EBC5485091(UkCbUP)CR9781786949899(Au-PeEL)EBL5485091(OCoLC)1048797235(StDuBDS)EDZ0002405572(EXLCZ)99383000000006026920210107e20212008 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Rebbe, the Messiah, and the scandal of orthodox indifference /David Berger[electronic resource][New edition] /with a new introduction.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2021.1 online resource (240 pages)Liverpool scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2008.1-904113-75-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The focus of this text is the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It demonstrates how hasidim who affirm the dead Rebbe's messiahship have abandoned one of Judaism's core beliefs in favour of adherence to the doctrine of a second coming. At the same time, it decries the equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have granted legitimacy to this development by continuing to recognize such believers as Orthodox Jews in good standing. This abandonment of the age-old Jewish resistance to a quintessentially Christian belief is a development of striking importance for the history of religions and an earthquake in the history of Judaism. The book chronicles the unfolding of this development.Liverpool scholarship online.MessiahJudaismHistory of doctrines20th centuryHabadControversial literatureEschatology, JewishOrthodox JudaismHistory20th centuryMessiahJudaismHistory of doctrinesHabadEschatology, Jewish.Orthodox JudaismHistory296.83322092Berger David1943-738955StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910520009503321The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the scandal of orthodox indifference2584523UNINA