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Towards the Mystical Experience of Modernity : The Making of Rav Kook, 1865-1904.

Mirsky, Yehudah.

Towards the Mystical Experience of Modernity : The Making of Rav Kook, 1865-1904. - Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (408 p.)

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- To the Reader -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Childhood and Early Years: Between Mitnagdism, Hasidism, and Haskalah -- 2. All in the Mind: The Writings of the Zeimel Period -- 3. Boisk: Turning Inward at the Crossroads of Mussar and Tiqqun -- 4. 'Eyn Ayah: Intellect, Imagination, Self-Expression, Prophecy -- 5. The Turn Towards Nationalism: Between Ideology and Utopia, or, Ethics and Eschatology -- 6. "The New Guide of the Perplexed" and "The Last in Boisk": Making Sense of Heresy en Route to Zion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index

An exploration of Rav Kook's formative years in Eastern Europe, 1865-1904.

1618119540 9781618119544

22573/ctv1zg13b2 JSTOR


Jewish philosophy.
Rabbis--Europe, Eastern--Biography.
Religious Zionism--Philosophy.
Philosophie juive.
Rabbins--Europe de l'Est--Biographies.
Sionisme religieux--Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Jewish philosophy
Rabbis
Religious Zionism--Philosophy


Eastern Europe

Avraham Yitzhaq Ha-Cohen Kook. Chief Rabbinate. Kabbalah. Modern Jewish history and thought. Rav Kook. Religious Zionism.


Biographies

BM755.K66 / M57 2021

296.832092