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Storytelling and spirituality in Judaism / Yitzhak Buxbaum.
- Title
- Storytelling and spirituality in Judaism / Yitzhak Buxbaum.
- Author
- Buxbaum, Yitzhak.
- Publication
- Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, c1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BM532 .B85 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 255 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Shows that storytelling has always been a prime vehicle for communicating spirituality and argues that some of the greatest Jewish teachers were expert storytellers.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Legends
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-241) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Storytelling and Spirituality -- Part I: Storytelling in Hasidism. Ch.1 What Made Hasidic Storytelling Different? -- Ch.2 Hasidic Praise of Stories and Storytelling --Ch.3 The First Hasidic Storyteller: The Baal Shem Tov -- Ch.4 The Besht's Stories -- Ch.5 The Besht's Use of Secular Tales -- Ch.6 The Besht's Storyteller Disciple -- Ch.7 Storytelling in Hasidic Life -- Ch.8 An Established Place in Hasidism: The Mitzvah of Storytelling -- Ch.9 Drawing People to God Through Storytelling -- Ch.10 Traditional Opposition to Storytelling -- Ch.11 Scriptural Support for Storytelling -- Ch.12 Storytelling Among the Misnagdim and Non-hasidim -- Part II: Hasidic Teaching About the Methods and Practices of Storytelling. Ch.13 Deriving Lessons from Stories -- Ch.14 How to Tell, How to Listen -- Ch.15 Hearing the Hints in Stories -- Ch.16 Miracle Stories: What to Believe -- Ch.17 Different Story Versions: Issues of Truth and Falsehood -- Ch.18 How Rebbes Use Stories -- Ch.19 An Exceptional Case: Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav -- Part III: Hasidic Teaching About the Benefits of Storytelling. Ch.20 Stories Save -- Ch.21 Stories Save--Continued -- Ch.22 Messiah -- Afterword: Applications for Today.
- ISBN
- 1568211732
- 9781568211732
- LCCN
- ^^^94006122^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library