BThe religious communities of early modern Eastern
Europe--particularly those with a mystical bent--are typically
studied in isolation. Yet the heavy Slavic imprint on Jewish
popular mysticism and pervasive Judaizing tendencies among
Christian dissenters call into question the presumed binary quality
of Jewish-Christian interactions. In Holy Dissent: Jewish and
Christian Mystics in Eastern Europe, editor Glenn Dynner presents
twelve essays that chart contacts, parallels, and mutual influences
between Jewish and Christian mystics. With cutting-edge research on
folk healers, messianists, Hasidim, and Christian sectarians, this
volume presents instances of rich cultural interchange and bold
border transgression. Holy Dissent is divided into two sections:
"Jewish Mystics in a Christian World" and "Christianizing Jews,
Judaizing Christians." In these essays, readers learn that Jewish
and Christian folk healers consulted each other and learned from
common sources; that the founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Ba'al
Shem Tov, likely drew inspiration from Christian ascetics; that
Christian peasants sought and obtained audience with Hasidic
masters; that Jewish mystics openly Christianized; and that
Christian mystics openly Judaized. In contrast to prevailing models
that present Jewish and Christian cultures as either rigidly
autonomous or ambiguously hybrid, Holy Dissent charts specific
types of religio-cultural exchange and broadens our conception of
how cultures interact. The scholarship in this volume is notably
fresh and significant and makes an important contribution across
disciplines. Jewish and Christian studies scholars as well as
historians of Eastern Europe will benefit from the analysis of Holy
Dissent.
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