LEADER 03971nam 22008171 450 001 9910968780403321 005 20110408143257.0 010 $a9786613015815 010 $a9781472548627 010 $a1472548620 010 $a9781283015813 010 $a1283015811 010 $a9781441151759 010 $a1441151753 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472548627 035 $a(CKB)2560000000060845 035 $a(EBL)661036 035 $a(OCoLC)705538263 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471021 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12195103 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471021 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10427867 035 $a(PQKB)10807067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC661036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL661036 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448485 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL301581 035 $a(OCoLC)893335412 035 $a(OCoLC)710051597 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255453 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472548627BC 035 $a(Perlego)806082 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000060845 100 $a20140929d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLubavitcher messianism $ewhat really happens when prophecy fails? /$fSimon Dein 210 1$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 0 $aConinuum studies in Jewish thought 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781441134400 311 08$a1441134409 311 08$a9781441112231 311 08$a1441112235 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aWhen a prophecy fails: from cognition to performance -- Ethnography in Stamford Hill and in Crown Heights -- Lubavitch and its messianism -- The death of the Rebbe -- Messianism in Stamford Hill -- Ritualizing the Rebbe in Crown Heights -- The convert's zeal -- Making the Rebbe present through the media -- The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the early church -- Conclusion: what really happens when a prophecy fails? 330 $a"In 1994 the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, died leaving no successor. For many years his followers had maintained that he was Moshiach -the Jewish Messiah and would usher in the Redemption. After his death Lubavitch divided into two opposing groups. While some messianists hold that the Rebbe died but is to be resurrected as the messiah, others hold that he is still alive, but concealed. The anti-messianists maintain that the Rebbe could have been Moshiach if God had willed it, but they disagree vehemently that as such he could come back from the dead. Using ethnographic data obtained by the author through twenty years of fieldwork, this book presents a social-psychological account of Lubavitcher Messianism and moves beyond the typical scholarly preoccupation with 'belief' and 'dissonance' to examine the role of rhetoric, religious experience and ritual in maintaining counterintuitive convictions. Through examining the parallels between early Christianity and messianism in Lubavitch this book provides a comprehensive perspective for examining messianism generally"--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aContinuum Studies in Jewish Thought 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aHabad$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aMessiah$xJudaism 606 $aProphecy$xJudaism 606 $2Judaism 607 $aCrown Heights (New York, N.Y.)$xReligious life and customs$y21th century 607 $aStamford Hill (London, England)$xReligious life and customs$y21th century 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aHabad$xHistory 615 0$aMessiah$xJudaism. 615 0$aProphecy$xJudaism. 676 $a296.8/3322 700 $aDein$b Simon$f1959-$01871245 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968780403321 996 $aLubavitcher messianism$94479981 997 $aUNINA