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The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference: With a New Introduction

The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference: With a New Introduction

Berger, David

Paperback

Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Religion General Judaism

ISBN10: 1904113753
ISBN13: 9781904113751
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: Mar 1 2008
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It demonstrates how hasidim who affirm the dead Rebbe's messiahship have abandoned one of Judaism's core beliefs in favour of adherence to the doctrine of a second coming. At the same time, it decries the remarkable equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have granted legitimacy to this development by continuing to recognize such believers as Orthodox Jews in good standing. This dramatic abandonment of the age-old Jewish resistance to a quintessentially Christian belief is a development of striking importance for the history of religions, and it is an earthquake in the history of Judaism. David Berger chronicles the unfolding of this development from a personal viewpoint. He describes the growing concern that impelled him to undertake an anti-messianist campaign-publications, correspondence, and the sponsorship of a Rabbinical Council of America resolution excluding this belief from authentic Judaism.

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