The Pursuit of Heresy
Author: Elisheva Carlebach
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780231071901
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The Pursuit of Heresy
Author: Elisheva Carlebach
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780231071918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRabbi Moses Hagiz, one of the most prominent and influential Jewish leaders of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, devoted his career to restoring rabbinic authority. His most prominent talent was as a polemicist, and he campaigned ceaselessly against Jewish heresy in an attempt to unify the rabbinate. During Hagiz's lifetime there was an overall decline in rabbinic authority, which the author argues was the result of migration and assimilation.
Rabbi Moses Hagiz
Author: Elisheva Carlebach
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 1300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe War on Heresy
Author: R. I. Moore
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0674065379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between 1000 and 1250, when the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with force. Moore’s narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of elites who waged war on heresy for political gain.
Sabbatian Heresy
Author: Pawel Maciejko
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 2017-05-02
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1512600539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The movement, which featured a set of theological doctrines in which Jewish Kabbalistic tradition merged with Muslim and later Christian elements, suffered a setback with Tsevi's conversion to Islam in 1666. Nonetheless, for another hundred and fifty years, Sabbatianism continued to exist as a heretical underground movement. It provoked intense opposition from rabbinic authorities for another century and had a significant impact on central developments of later Judaism, such as the Haskalah, the Reform movement, Hasidism, and the secularization of Jewish society. This volume provides a selection of the most original and influential texts composed by Sabbatai Tsevi and his followers, complemented by fragments of the works of their rabbinic opponents and contemporary observers and some literary works inspired by Sabbatianism. An introduction and annotations by Pawe_ Maciejko provide historical, political, and social context for the documents.
Heresy in Transition
Author: John Christian Laursen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-22
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1317122461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of heresy is deeply rooted in Christian European culture. The palpable increase in incidences of heresy in the Middle Ages may be said to directly relate to the Christianity's attempts to define orthodoxy and establish conformity at its centre, resulting in the sometimes forceful elimination of Christian sects. In the transition from medieval to early modern times, however, the perception of heresy underwent a profound transformation, ultimately leading to its decriminalization and the emergence of a pluralistic religious outlook. The essays in this volume offer readers a unique insight into this little-understood cultural shift. Half of the chapters investigate the manner in which the church and its attendant civil authorities defined and proscribed heresy, whilst the other half focus on the means by which early modern writers sought to supersede such definition and proscription. The result of these investigations is a multifaceted historical account of the construction and serial reconstruction of one of the key categories of European theological, juristic and political thought. The contributors explore the role of nationalism and linguistic identity in constructions of heresy, its analogies with treason and madness, the role of class and status in the responses to heresy. In doing so they provide fascinating insights into the roots of the historicization of heresy and the role of this historicization in the emergence of religious pluralism.
The Jewish Eighteenth Century
Author: Shmuel Feiner
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 0253049474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today. In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts the twisting and fascinating world of the first half of the 18th century from the viewpoint of the Jews of Europe. Paying careful attention to life stories, to bright and dark experiences, to voices of protest, to aspirations of reform, and to strivings for personal and general happiness, Feiner identifies the tectonic changes that were taking place in Europe and their unprecedented effects on and among Jews. From the religious and cultural revolution of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) to the question of whether Jews could be citizens of any nation, Feiner presents a broad view of how this century of upheaval altered the map of Europe and the Jews who called it home.
The Pursuit of the Millennium
Author: Norman Cohn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1970-05-15
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 0199878404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe end of the millennium has always held the world in fear of earthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawn of the 21st millennium the world is still experiencing these anxieties, as seen by the onslaught of fantasies of renewal, doomsday predictions, and New Age prophecies. This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Covering the full range of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe, Cohn demonstrates how prophecies of a final struggle between the hosts of Christ and Antichrist melded with the rootless poor's desire to improve their own material conditions, resulting in a flourishing of millenarian fantasies. The only overall study of medieval millenarian movements, The Pursuit of the Millennium offers an excellent interpretation of how, again and again, in situations of anxiety and unrest, traditional beliefs come to serve as vehicles for social aspirations and animosities.
The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy
Author: John B. Henderson
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1998-04-16
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780791437605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the first systematic and cross-cultural examination of ideas of orthodoxy and heresy in a group of major religious traditions.
I Call It Heresy
Author: A. W. Tozer
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 160066332X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI Call it Heresy is a vibrant study of the Lordship controversy long before it became a major player on the theological stage. A.W. Tozer tackles the heresy of accepting Jesus Christ as Savior but believing you postpone accepting him as lord over your life. In I Call It Heresy, A.W. Tozer uses 1 Peter as his base to launch out into such themes as holiness, humility, the qualities of our divine inheritance and nine other timely topics. Originally from Tozer Pulpit, vol. 5, this collection of sermons and reflections on 1 Peter addresses very interesting and timely issues. It highlights the appeal of being of Christ's followers and being under His Lordship, helping us to say, "How satisfying it is to be under His authority!"
