Rabbi Israel Salanter And The Mussar Movement

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Israel Salanter was one of the most original and influential Jewish leaders and thinkers of Eastern European Jewry in the modern period. One of Salanter's most striking innovations was the transformation of the issue of ethics from the domain of theology to the realm of pysychology. Immanuel Etkes traces Salanter's unique view of Mussar doctrine, especially his introduction of modern psychology to the traditional understanding of personal ethical development.
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Overview

Israel Salanter was one of the most original and influential Jewish leaders and thinkers of Eastern European Jewry in the modern period. One of Salanter's most striking innovations was the transformation of the issue of ethics from the domain of theology to the realm of pysychology. Immanuel Etkes traces Salanter's unique view of Mussar doctrine, especially his introduction of modern psychology to the traditional understanding of personal ethical development.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780827604384
  • Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
  • Publication date: 3/1/1993
  • Edition description: English
  • Pages: 404
  • Sales rank: 804,389
  • Lexile: 1620L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 1.06 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

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Introduction 3
Pt. 1 The Theoretical Roots of Rabbi Israel Salanter's Teaching
1 The Genealogy of the Mussar Movement 13
2 The Fear of God in the Thought of Rabbi Elijah of Vilna 17
3 Torah and the Fear of God in the Thought of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin 30
4 Rabbi Zundel Salant as the Embodiment of the Educational Ideal of the Volozhin Yeshiva 57
5 The Encounter Between Rabbi Israel Salanter and Rabbi Zundel Salant 68
Pt. 2 Vilna, 1840-49
6 The Dissemination of Torah and Laying the Foundation for the Mussar Movement 79
7 Salanter's Mussar Doctrine - The Points of Departure and the Initial Stages 91
8 The First Cell of the Mussar Movement in Vilna 108
Pt. 3 The Founding of the Mussar Movement: Historical Background
9 Rabbi Israel Salanter's Intellectual Sources 117
10 The Intensification of the Haskalah Movement in Russia and the Founding of the Mussar Movement 135
11 The Social Background and Its Influence Upon the Founding of the Mussar Movement 153
Pt. 4 Kovna, 1849-57
12 The Growth of the Mussar Movement in Lithuania During the 1850s 177
13 Salanter's Thought in the 1850s: The "Mussar Epistle" 200
14 Theory and Practice in the Cultivation of Scholars and Rabbis 213
15 Mussar Education in the Nevyozer Kloiz 229
Pt. 5 The Period of Wanderings, 1857-83
16 Salanter in the Jewish Communities of Western Europe 241
17 Strengthening Orthodox Society in Russia 256
18 The Mussar Doctrine, 1859-81 289
Epilogue 313
Notes 325
Bibliography 373
Index 381

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