Elie Wiesel

Filled with Fire and Light (eBook, ePUB)

Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World
Redaktion: Rosen, Alan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis, from one of the world's most honored and beloved teachers. From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history--from the Kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.E. to nineteenth-century Eastern Europe. Here is the prophet Elisha, the beloved disciple of Elijah--wonder-worker and advisor to kings, whose deep compassion for those in need is matched only by his fiery temper. Here is the renowned scholar Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, whose ingenuity in escaping from Jerusalem on the eve of its destruction by Titus's Roman legions in 70 C.E. laid the foundations for the rabbinic teachings and commentaries that both revolutionized the practice and study of Judaism and sustained the Jewish people for 2,000 years of ongoing exile. And here is Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism, languishing in a Czarist jail in St. Petersburg in 1798 for 53 days, the victim of a false accusation, engaging in theological discussions with his jailers that would form the basis for Chabad's legendary method of engagement with the world at large. The contributions to the Jewish experience made by these and other spiritual masters profiled in this book have been profound and eternal. In recounting their life stories, and in delving into the struggles of human beings trying to create meaningful lives touched with sparks of the divine, Wiesel challenges and inspires us all to find purpose and transcendence in our own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780805243543
• Artikelnr.: 57091973

Autorenporträt

The author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction, ELIE WIESEL was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Legion of Honor's Grand Cross, an honorary knighthood of the British Empire, and the Nobel Peace Prize, among many other honors. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University for almost forty years. He passed away in 2016. ALAN ROSEN has authored or edited fourteen books, including five dedicated to the teachings of Elie Wiesel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Alan Rosen vii
FROM THE BIBLE
Elisha: The Perfect Disciple 3
King Josiah: Fighting Against Idolatry 26
God in the Torah: The Five Books of Moses 46
FROM THE TALMUD
Rabbi Yohanan and Resh Lakish: The Sage and the Adventurer 69
Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai: The Hope of the Word 96
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus: A Minority of One 124
Satan in Ancient Memories 149
FROM THE HASIDIC WORLD
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi: A Commitment to Fervor 165
A Different Master: Rabbi Uri of Strelisk, the Seraph 197