A major contribution to the understanding of Hasidic Wisdom and
thought; it brings the reader closer to Hasidism s greatest teller
of tales. Elie Wiesel
The search for spiritual meaning drives great leaders in all
religions. This classic work explores the personality and religious
quest of Nahman of Bratslav (1772 1810), one of Hasidism s major
figures. It unlocks the great themes of spiritual searching that
make him a figure of universal religious importance.
In this major biography, Dr. Arthur Green teacher, scholar, and
spiritual seeker explores the great personal conflicts and inner
torments that lay at the source of Nahman s teachings. He reveals
Nahman to have been marked at an early age by an exaggerated sense
of sin and morbidity that later characterized his life and thought.
While subject to rapid mood swings and even paranoia, Nahman is a
model of spiritual and personal struggle who speaks to all
generations. Green s analysis of this troubled personality provides
an important key to Nahman s famous tales, making his teachings
accessible for people of all faiths, all backgrounds.
If there is any single feature about Nahman s tales, and indeed
about Nahman s life as well, that makes them unique in the history
of Judaism, it is just this: their essential motif is one of quest.
Nahman, both as teller and as hero of these tales, is Nahman the
seeker. He has already told us, outside the tales, of his refusal
ever to stand on any one rung, of his call for constant growth, of
his need to open himself up to ever-new and more demanding
challenges to his faith. The tales now affirm this endless quest
from Excursus II. The Tales
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